Showing posts with label Giuseppe Verdi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giuseppe Verdi. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Michael Volle: How to keep your head in opera

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Even if his characters sometimes lose their heads, the powerhouse German baritone Michael Volle has no intention of imitating them. You&...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Hotello

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Kaufmann as Otello, Vratogna as Iago. All photos by Catherine Ashmore/Royal Opera House One of the first rules of reviewing is:  do no...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Helter-Skelton!

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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/stuart-skelton-rising-to-the-challenge-of-otello-9722095.html Here&#...
Saturday, November 02, 2013

Sizzling Vespers at ROH

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A last-minute invitation to the Royal Opera House's Great Big Verdi Bicentenary Production yesterday was more than welcome. Yet it c...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Verdi bicentenary: Anja Harteros and Jonas Kaufmann in Don Carlo

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It's Verdi's bicentenary today and as everyone is choosing their favourite bits, here is one of mine. I've been lucky enough t...
Monday, August 19, 2013

At the risk of being a bit predictable...

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...here's JK making his new album of GV. You'll want to hear this, believe me, and you'll particularly want to hear the bit from...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

Sunday roundup from a very busy week

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I've been burning the candle at both ends, to coin a phrase. It beats the hell out of sitting alone at home watching repeats of Midsomer...
Monday, April 01, 2013

Stop press! Motorcycles to take over Royal Opera House

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The Royal Opera House's new production of I vespri siciliani , a grand celebration of Verdi's bicentenary involving both the oper...