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In the World of the Theatre: Charles Edwards and Adriana Lecouvreur [The Royal Opera’s Adriana Lecouvreur, 18 November-10 December 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to Charles Edwards the noted British set designer about his work on a new production of Francesco Cilea’s best-known opera... When you have director David McVicar and...
Feature Review: Roundhouse Zappa Festival – A Celebration of his Life and Music
On the occasion of what would have been Frank Zappa’s 70th-birthday Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW11 Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 5-7, 2010 My sixth-form English teacher was fond...
“I’m really excited … it’s possibly going to be a ‘marmite’ production, our code for not knowing if people are going to like it or not…” Iain Paterson [ENO’s Don Giovanni, opens 6 November 2010]
Ben Hogwood talks to Iain Paterson who takes the title-role in English National Opera’s Rufus Norris-directed production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni... This season at English National Opera is a remarkably...
Elgar: The Man behind the Mask [John Bridcut’s film]
At a preview of this film (2010), shown on 26 October in a London hotel, John Bridcut spoke of the deep impression that Ken Russell’s 1962 documentary on Elgar had...
Feature Review – Helmut Lachenmann Weekend, Southbank Centre, London
Lachenmann String Quartet No.1, 'Gran Torso' String Quartet No.3, 'Grido' Arditti Quartet [Irvine Arditti & Ashot Sarkissjan (violins), Ralf Ehlers (viola) & Lucas Fels (cello)] Lachenmann Ein Kinderspiel Pression Toccatina...
Feature Review: Mahler 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 8 – Mariinsky Orchestra/Gergiev in New York
Mahler Symphony No.6 [17 October 2010] Symphony No.2 (Resurrection) [20 October 2010] Symphony No.8 [21 October 2010] Symphony No.5 [22 October 2010] Symphony No.4 & Symphony No.1 [24 October 2010]...
The Singer as Actor: Stéphane Degout and Roméo et Juliette [The Royal Opera’s Roméo et Juliette, 26 October-17 November 2010]
Mansel Stimpson meets the French baritone who appears as Mercutio in Covent Garden’s revival of Gounod’s opera... When Gounod’s opera based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet opens on 26 October...
Feature Review: The Metropolitan Opera – Das Rheingold [“The Met: Live in HD”]
Wagner Das Rheingold – Preliminary evening of Der Ring des Nibelungen; Music-drama in four scenes [sung in German] Wotan – Bryn Terfel Fricka – Stephanie Blythe Freia – Wendy Bryn...
A Tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland [7 November 1926-10 October 2010]
The death of Dame Joan Sutherland on 10 October 2010 has deprived the opera world of one of its most celebrated and yet down-to-earth divas. For many she will forever...
“I suppose we don’t really know that Mimi is a woman of easy virtue, but she’s come back to a love that she knows…” – Stephen Lord [English National Opera’s La bohème, opens 18 October 2010]
Ben Hogwood talks to Stephen Lord who is conducting English National Opera’s Jonathan Miller-directed production of Puccini’s La bohème... The conductor Stephen Lord is making his second visit to English...
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