Showing posts with label Mozart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mozart. Show all posts
Monday, November 23, 2020

Here in our haven...

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It's been a hectic few weeks and a bout of tonsillitis didn't help. So from the tranquility of a plane-less Monday morning, in compa...
Monday, December 16, 2019

French revelation

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I reviewed the Aurora Orchestra's splendiferous performance of Louise Farrenc's Symphony No. 3 the other day at Kings Place. WTH...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Just how sexist is 'The Magic Flute'?

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Scottish Opera asked me to write a piece for the programme of their production of The Magic Flute earlier this year. How sexist is it, reall...
Friday, February 16, 2018

Opera season: the might-have beens.

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Having recently experienced from the inside just what it is like to create an opera (it's rather like building the world's largest c...
Saturday, January 06, 2018

Roar of the cannon

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Long read ahead. Get a cuppa. The other day I went to Pembrokeshire to do a Ghost Variations concert with Viv and Dave, and came back ...
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&...
Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Michael Spyres: A tenor who resonates

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The American tenor Michael Spyres has taken an impressive and unusual highway through the operatic world. Hailing from a musical family in...