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We left at the interval...: July 2015

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We left at the interval. Operas and concerts: amateur notes. Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur. ONP Bastille, Monday July 6 2015. Having slept on it, I’ve decided it was actually quite nice to end the season with an “old-fashioned” evening of Italian opera: stand-and-deliver singing by a strong cast in period costumes and sets and no regie. Soul-searching. I wouldn’t want this sort of thing very often – especially not Adriana. That has so upset them recently. She’s a very solid trouper, with not-too-chest...

We left at the interval...: September 2014

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We left at the interval. Operas and concerts: amateur notes. Wagner, Mahler (and Brahms). Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, Friday September 26 2014. Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor. Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo Soprano. Orchestre des Champs Elysées. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Prelude to act III. Brahms: symphony N°4. In Paris this month, I booked. In May I published a link to that Berlin performance of Der Abschied. Links to this post. Théâtre des Champs Elysées. Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia.

We left at the interval...: Ann Hallenberg sings Graun

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We left at the interval. Operas and concerts: amateur notes. Ann Hallenberg sings Graun. Mi paventi il figlio indegno (Graun) Ann Hallenberg. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Chabrier – L’Etoile. Wagner - Tristan und Isolde. Hindemith - Mathis der Maler. Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera. Chausson - Le Roi Arthus. Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera. Ann Hallenberg sings Graun. Théâtre des Champs Elysées. Bychkov Alpine Symphony Strauss Larcher. The Rossini Opera Festival 2016 @ Pesaro.

We left at the interval...: June 2014

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We left at the interval. Operas and concerts: amateur notes. Monteverdi et al - L'incoronazione di Poppea. ONP Garnier, Sunday June 22 2014. It’s a pity, to me at any rate, that Poppea. Comes round more often than Orfeo. But it's interesting to see how many different production styles all manage to make a go of it: Dynasty. Karine Deshayes makes, as I said, a more mature Poppea, darker-voiced, than we’re now used to, often wonderfully musical, and vocally well paired with Jeremy Ovenden’s ele...Monica Ba...

We left at the interval...: January 2015

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We left at the interval. Operas and concerts: amateur notes. VPO in Schubert and Tchaikowsky. Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, Tuesday January 20 2015. Conductor: Rafael Payare. Wiener Philharmoniker. Schubert: Symphony n°8. D 759, "Unfinished". Tchaikovsky: Symphony n°4. Encore) Eduard Strauss: Mit Chic. Magnificent I was told by the friends who were able to attend. This VPO concert was thus, for me, the first, and it was largely a disappointment: I had hoped to be thoroughly wowed, and wasn't. As aus...