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Welcome Return: Patrizia Ciofi as Gilda [The Royal Opera’s Rigoletto, 11 October-6 November 2010]
In 2007 I interviewed Franz Grundheber when he was appearing at Covent Garden in the title role of Verdi’s Rigoletto and he described the singer taking the role of Gilda...
“It’s a good opera to start with … the music itself is sensational!” – Laurence Cummings [English National Opera’s Radamisto, opens 7 October 2010]
Ben Hogwood talks to Laurence Cummings who is conducting English National Opera’s new production of Handel’s Radamisto... Laurence Cummings is currently enjoying a productive relationship with English National Opera, and...
An Interview with Edwin Roxburgh [Premiere of Concerto for Orchestra, 8 October 2010]
With the BBC Symphony Orchestra in its 80th-birthday season, a number of new works are being commissioned to reinforce its commitment to contemporary music. One of the most substantial is...
“There are wonderful tunes, there is the reality of war, death, guilt, God, and choices…” – Melody Moore as Marguerite [English National Opera’s Faust, opens 18 September 2010]
Ben Hogwood talks to Melody Moore, Marguerite in English National Opera’s new production of Gounod’s Faust... English National Opera begins its 2010-11 season with a new production of Gounod’s Faust,...
The Perfect Fit: Barry Banks and Don Pasquale [The Royal Opera’s Don Pasquale, 12-21 September 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the British tenor whose famed bel canto singing can be heard in the Covent Garden revival of Donizetti’s comic opera... Home for Barry Banks was once...
Opening Doors: Thomas Hengelbrock [The Royal Opera’s Così fan tutte (10-24 September 2010) and Niobe Regina di Tebe (23 September-3 October 2010)]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the German conductor making two appearances at Covent Garden as the new season opens... When Agostino Steffani’s rarely heard opera Niobe, Regina di Tebe, was performed...
Paul Lewis – Beethoven and Beyond
This year (2010) the BBC Proms has featured a complete cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos, each worked played by Paul Lewis. His role in the festival has neatly coincided with...
A Glyndebourne 2010 Scrapbook [Billy Budd … Charles Mackerras … Macbeth … Vladimir Jurowski … Hänsel und Gretel…]
Posted in August 2010, there follows a series of links to bring to aural and visual life another varied and successful season at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, which is set in...
BIS – The Sibelius Edition [1/13 Tone Poems … 2/13 Chamber Music I … 3/13 Music for Voice & Orchestra … 4/13 Piano Music I … 5/13 Theatre Music … 6/13 Violin & Piano]
“BIS begins the release of a 13-volume edition of all the music that the great master ever created – from the symphonies and tone poems to chamber music and songs....
Preview and Podcast of Francesca da Rimini by Zandonai – Opera Holland Park [30 July-13 August 2010]
Opera Holland Park, owned and managed by The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, has enjoyed escalating critical acclaim since its first production in 1996. A major part of that...
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