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Tony Faulkner and Rob Pennock Remember Sir Charles Mackerras
The recording engineer Tony Faulkner, and music enthusiast Rob Pennock, pay a personal tribute to the late Sir Charles Mackerras... Tony Faulkner writes... The death yesterday of Sir Charles Mackerras...
Do It For Yourself: Ji-Min Park and his work at Covent Garden [The Royal Opera’s La traviata – 8-17 July 2010 – and Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance – 17 July]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the Korean tenor who ends his year as Jette Parker Principal with appearances in La traviata and in the Summer Performance by the Young Artists... Be...
The Freedom of Possibilities: Angela Denoke and Salome [The Royal Opera’s Salome, 3-16 July 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the German soprano who favours roles of psychological depth... Taking the title role in Covent Garden’s first revival of Salome in the powerful staging by David...
Music@Menlo [23 July-14 August 2010]: Interview with Artistic Directors David Finckel & Wu Han
For three weeks every summer, Silicon Valley, the birthplace of such high-tech companies as Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Google, is abuzz with the making, teaching, coaching and discussing of chamber music....
In Quest of the Inner Life: Elijah Moshinsky and Simon Boccanegra [The Royal Opera’s Simon Boccanegra, 29 June-15 July 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the director whose production of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra brings Plácido Domingo back to London... Like Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra has had to bide...
Feature Review: English Haydn Festival 2010 – Wednesday-Sunday 9-13 June, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
The English Haydn Festival has taken place annually since 1993 but the last full-scale event was in 2007. The illness and death of its director John Reid resulted in the...
Musical Families: Russell Braun and Manon [The Royal Opera’s Manon, 22 June-10 July 2010]
As Jules Massenet’s opera appears in a new production at Covent Garden, Mansel Stimpson talks to the baritone who plays Lescaut... The novella Manon Lescaut by L’Abbé Prévost dates from...
Nash Ensemble: Theresienstadt – Terezín Weekend
Concert 1: Domažlicky Song without words for string quartet Ilse Weber Four songs Adolf Strauss Heimweh Taube Ein Judisches Kind Klein String Trio Schul Die Nischt - Gewesenen Ullmann 3...
The Valuable Contribution of David Syrus [The Royal Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro – until 3 July 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to Covent Garden’s long-serving Head of Music who will share conducting honours during the current revival of Le nozze di Figaro... On meeting David Syrus one immediately...
Making It Real: Bryan Hymel and Carmen [The Royal Opera’s Carmen, 5-26 June 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the American tenor appearing as Don José in the latest revival of Francesca Zambello’s production of Bizet’s opera at Covent Garden... New Orleans undoubtedly has a...
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