Friday, 2 August 2013

Remembrance of Things Past - End of Season Review

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Looking back over my 2012-13 season of opera, concerts and theatre I can only count myself lucky to have access to some truly great theatre ...
Sunday, 14 July 2013

Heart of Darkness Part 2 - Il Trovatore

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In my previous blog post I looked into the background of Il Trovatore and confessed to some of my problems with it, or rather my problems in...
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Monday, 8 July 2013

Heart of Darkness Part 1 - Verdi's Il Trovatore

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This is less of a performance review more a post with general musings about Il Trovatore.  Along the way I will be commenting on some of my ...
Saturday, 6 July 2013

This is not a Review - Tosca Dress Rehearsal at the Royal Opera House 6th July 2013

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There is an unwritten convention that you don't review a dress rehearsal, probably due to the fact that singers may or may not choose to...
Sunday, 23 June 2013

Glorious Gloriana - or How I Came to love Britten

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Gloriana, Royal Opera House 22nd June 2013 Its been a while since my last blog - and while that's mostly because I haven't been to...
Sunday, 19 May 2013

From the frustrating to the sublime - a tale of two opera

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La Donna del Lago 17th May and Don Carlo 18th May, Royal Opera House I wasn't originally due to see Rossini's Donna del Lago until...
Sunday, 12 May 2013

Starry Starry Night - Don Carlo, Royal Opera 11th May 2013

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I may have mentioned this before but I love Verdi.  I may also have mentioned that my current favourite tenor is Jonas Kaufmann. So imagine ...