Tolomeo was the last work Handel composed for his prestigious London opera company, the Royal Academy of Music (premiered in April 1728 with three of his most prominent singers, Senesino, Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni) just as the The Beggar’s Opera was taking the city by storm, and which partly satirised the conventions of Italian …
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Once in a while a performance of Tristan und Isolde comes your way that knocks you for six – for me, the Yannis Kokkos staging in Glasgow in the 1990s, Longborough’s recent staging with Lee Bissett and Peter Wedd, and now this concert semi-staging from London Opera Company, a new project launched in 2020 in …
In the feverish piano world, the 29-year-old Juan Peréz Floristán walks tall. He won the Santander competition in 2015 and was the Arthur Rubinstein gold medallist last year. In the UK, he stepped in for a Concerto appearance at the Proms in 2019, and he has had solo and chamber music appearances at the Wigmore …
Juan Peréz Floristán plays Chopin, Liszt and Beethoven Read More »
