Masque of Vengeance: a sleazy new opera in London & Manchester
Updated: 2023-10-31 07:58:00
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 31 October 2023 Masque of Vengeance : a sleazy new opera in London Manchester Labels : preview The Music Troupe is giving the first performances of Edward Lambert's opera Masque of , Vengeance adapted from The Revenger's Tragedy Thomas Middleton 1606 which depicts the violent lust for sex and power in a dystopian , criminal regime but does so with a witty and sardonic irony . The 80-minute chamber opera for nine singers accompanied by piano duet was specially written to give the impression of a grand' opera in a small . theatre Masque of Vengeance is an attempt to emulate Italian opera in which the voices are pre-eminent . In a throwback to an old tradition 
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 31 October 2023 Quartet : How Four Women Changed the Musical World violinist Fenella Humphreys introduces her programme of important but neglected figures of 20th century music Labels : Barbican Guest Posting preview Leah Broad Fenella Humphreys Photo : Alejandro Tamagno On Sunday 5 November 2023, violinist Fenella Humphreys joins forces with author Leah Broad and pianist Nicola Eimer at Milton Court Concert Hall to explore some of the most important but neglected figures of 20th century music . nbsp Quartet : How Four Women Changed the Musical World features music by Doreen Carwithen , one of Britain’s first women film composers , Rebecca Clarke , acclaimed
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 31 October 2023 Engaging involving : Christophe Rousset Les Talens Lyriques release Thésée as their 12th Lully opera album Labels : cd review Lully : Thésée Mathias Vidal , Karine Deshayes , Deborah Cachet , Philippe Estephe , Benedicte Tauran , Les Talens Lyriques , Christophe Rousset Aparté One of Quinault's finest librettos and some of Lully's most varied and imaginative music in a performance that is wonderfully responsive and stylish , with a natural flow and elegance to the drama Lully and Quinault's Thésée was the third of their tragédie en musique and it has particular significance in that it was the first such to be supported by King Louis XIV .
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 30 October 2023 Bridging the gap : built with the largest single private donation to a state school receiving no public funding , Saffron Hall celebrates ten years of artistic achievement community engagement Labels : music news Saffron Hall Saffron Hall is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a weekend of celebratory events . The hall opened on 30 November 2013 with a season of just 12 concerts and from 1-3 December 2023 there is a whole range of celebratory events from jazz and soul , to Harry Bickett conducting the English Concert in Handel's Rodelinda to Jess Gillam and the Britten Sinfonia , to sessions and workshops for children and . families%20Mike%20Evans.jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 30 October 2023 Celebrating their roots : Academy of St Martin in the Fields anniversary events for Sir Neville Marriner's centenary Labels : ASMF preview Sir Neville Marriner in rehearsal with Academy of St Martin in the Fields Los Romeros guitar quartet Photo : Mike Evans The Academy of St Martin in the Fields ASMF will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founder Sir Neville Marriner 15 April 1924 2 October 2016 with a series of events during April 2024 as part of its 2023 24 season with new music by Errollyn Wallen and Vince Mendoza , contributions from ASMF music director , violinist Joshua Bell , conductor and former ASMF flautist Jaime
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 30 October 2023 Music of Innocence : Arvo Pärt , Mozart Mahler from the Northern Chamber Orchestra Labels : preview The Northern Chamber Orchestra's NCO Autumn season continues at The King's School , Macclesfield on Saturday 4 November 2023 with a concert that celebrates exceptional female musicianship . as the orchestra is joined by conductor Delyana Lazarova , violinist Chloë Hanslip and soprano Nadine Benjamin for a programme of Arvo Pärt , Mozart and . Mahler Delyana Lazarova returns to NCO following her performance of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony with them last year . She is joined by soloist Chloë Hanslip , NCO's artist in association , for Mozart's
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 30 October 2023 Two Cities : Ned Rorem in Paris New York centenary celebrations at London Song Festival Labels : concert review Ned Rorem in 1953, photographed by Man Ray image from http : www.nedrorem.net Two Cities : Ned Rorem in Paris and New York Jonathan Eyers , Christopher Killersby , Nigel Foster , James Crutcher London Song Festival at the Hinde Street Methodist Church Reviewed 27 October 2023 During Ned Rorem's centenary year , an imaginative overview of his songs alongside vivid extracts from his diaries The American composer Ned Rorem would have been 100 last month , on 23 October 2023. He nearly made it to his 100th birthday , dying last year just
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Saturday , 28 October 2023 Exploring his musical roots : conductor Duncan Ward chats about his jazz-inspired , Eastern European French music coming up with the London Symphony Orchestra Labels : interview LSO Duncan Ward and Philharmonie Zuidnederland The conductor Duncan Ward has two concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra LSO coming up , one featuring music by Gary Carpenter Barber and Abel Selaocoe as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 16 November 2023, further details and the other featuring music by Bartok , Janacek , Chausson and Debussy with soloist Isabelle Faust 23 November 2023, further details Duncan is chief conductor of Philharmonie Zuidnederland
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 27 October 2023 Piatti Quartet launches its Rush Hour Lates at Kings Place with Dvorak and Schubert Labels : concert review Kings Place Piatti Quartet at Kings Place Photo : Piatti Quartet The Piatti Quartet Michael Trainor , Emily Holland , Miguel Sobrinho , Jessie Ann Richardson is the new quartet in residence at Kings Place and they launched their series of Rush House Late concerts on Wednesday 25 October 2023 with a programme of Schubert's Quartetsatz and Dvorak's String Quartet in F , Op . 96 American' and future concerts in the series will explore further late Dvorak . quartets Schubert wrote his Quartetsatz in 1820, it is effectively the sole example of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 27 October 2023 A bold statement of cultural synthesis : Vache Baroque's Jonathan Darbourne on celebrating the art of Salmone Rossi Labels : Guest Posting preview Vache Baroque Photo : The Photography Shed This Autumn , Vache Baroque is presenting a multi-event project to commemorate 400 years since the Jewish-Italian composer Salomone Rossi ca . 1570 1630 published his ground-breaking collection The Songs of Solomon in 1623. Here , Vache Baroque's artistic director Jonathan Darbourne introduces their Rossi 400 . project Joanthan Darbourne Photo : Vache Baroque I’ll admit something from the outset : before this project , I can’t remember ever having sung a
: : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 26 October 2023 Stories in music in Oxford : visual inspirations from the Mendelssohn siblings , William Blake in song image , vivid story-telling from Wolf Mörike Labels : concert review Oxford Oxford Lieder Festival Mendelssohn , Looking at Blake Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder Harriet Burns , Alessandro Fisher , Eugene Asti , Robin Tritschler , Christopher Glynn , Thomas Oliemans , Hans Eijsackers Oxford Lieder Festival Music , visual arts and story-telling in a day at the Oxford International Song Festival , ranging widely over the Mendelssohn siblings' relationship , 20th century settings of Blake , and Hugo Wolf in devilishly good form Tuesday 24
: : , , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 25 October 2023 Spring Summer 2024 at the Southbank Centre : Rothko Chapel , DSCH , Winterreise staged , the RFH Organ at 70, Voices from the East and more Labels : preview South Bank Centre DSCH Pekka Kuusisto , Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Photo : Magnus Skrede The Southbank Centre has announced its classical music plans for next Spring and Summer . Booking opens on Friday 27 October at 10am for Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles . General booking begins on Monday 30 October at . 10am The artists on the Southbank Centre's residency programmes are all busy . Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja continues her residency with her absurdist
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 25 October 2023 Pianist Piers Lane joins Norwich-based orchestra , the Academy of St Thomas for celebrations of their Golden Jubilee Labels : by Tony Cooper concert review Norfolk Academy of St Thomas , nbsp Benjamin Pope Photo : Peter King Beethoven , Vaughan-Williams , Mozart Academy of St Thomas , Piers Lane , conductor : Benjamin Pope St Andrew’s Hall , Norwich Reviewed 21 October 2023 by Tony Cooper London-based Australian-born pianist , Piers Lane , went to town on Saturday night delivering a brilliant rendering of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Norwich-based orchestra , the Academy of St Thomas Ralph
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 25 October 2023 Fierce intense : Peter Konwitschny's production of La traviata returns to ENO with a mesmerising account of the title role from Nicole Chevalier Labels : ENO opera review Verdi : La Traviata Nicole Chevalier , Freddie Tong , ENO Chorus English National Opera Photo : Belinda Jiao Verdi : La traviata Nicole Chevalier , Jose Simerilla Romero , Roland Wood , director : Peter Konwitschny Ruth Knight , conductor : Richard Farnes English National Opera at London Coliseum Reviewed 23 October 2023 Dystopic , concentrated and intense , Peter Konwitschny takes a strong view of La Traviata here in a highly theatrical yet musical revival with a superb
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 24 October 2023 Long may they continue Kronos Quartet's celebratory 50th anniversary concert at the Barbican Labels : Barbican concert review guest review Kronos Quartet Barbican Centre , 21 October 2023 Photo : Mark Allan Severiano Briseño , nbsp George Crumb , nbsp Gabriella Smith , nbsp Peni Candra Rini , nbsp Philip Glass , nbsp Zachary James Watkins , nbsp Antonio Haskell Dumisani Maraire Mai Nozipo , nbsp Jlin , nbsp Terry Riley , nbsp Alfred Schnittke , Steve Reich Kronos Quartet , nbsp Yahael Camara Onono , nbsp Peni Candra Rini Barbican Centre Reviewed by Florence Anna Maunders , 21 October 2023 An incredible evening celebrating a half-century of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 23 October 2023 Fragments of Experience : new film exploring William Blake featuring music by Mark Bowler from Dan Norman's Positive Note Labels : preview Dan Norman's Positive Note has a new film out on 10 November 2023. Dan Norman and Mark Bowler have collaborated on Fragments of Experience The film brings together Blake's own texts and imagery with original music and cutting edge AI animation by Mark Bowler , 2D animation by Harrison Fleming , and live performance footage featuring soprano Marianna Suri , conducted by Olivia Clarke The project is centred around Blake’s poems The Fly The Sick Rose and The Voice of the Ancient Bard with excerpts from
: , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 23 October 2023 JS Bach superstar , Masaaki Suzuki , takes on a European tour of the Christmas Oratorio with the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment which will be heard in its entirety at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in early December Labels : by Tony Cooper preview South Bank Centre World renowned authority on the works of JS Bach , Masaaki Suzuki , founder and music director of Bach Collegium Japan , joins forces with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment OAE for what promises an exhilarating performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall where the OAE is one of the resident orchestras . nbsp Taking place over
: , : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 23 October 2023 A little bit crazy yet done with verve , imagination and style : The Masque of Might , David Pountney's Purcellian masque at Opera North Labels : Opera North opera review Purcell Pountney : The Masque of Might Andri Björn Róbertsson , Xavier Hetherington , Matthew Brook Opera North Photo : James Glossop Purcell David Pountney : The Masque of Might Andri Björn Róbertsson , Anna Dennis , James Laing , James Hall , Callum Thorpe , Xavier Hetherington , Matthew Brook , director : David Pountney , conductor Harry Bicket Opera North at the Grand Theatre , Leeds Reviewed 21 October 2023 Told with imagination and verve , David Pountney's
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Saturday , 21 October 2023 What's not to love Glamour and heart as Puccini's little swallow returns to Opera North Labels : Opera North opera review Puccini : La Rondine Sébastien Guèze , Galina Averina Opera North Photo : Tristram Kenton Puccini : La Rondine Galina Averina , Sébastien Guèze , Claire Lees , Elgan Llŷr Thomas , Philip Smith , director : James Hurley , conductor : Kerem Hasan Opera North at Grand Theatre , Leeds Reviewed 20 October 2023 Glorious melodies sung by a youthful cast , 1930s glamour in a production proud of its green credentials , and a story both touching and engagin The problem with Puccini's La Rondine if problem there is , is that no-one.jpg)
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 20 October 2023 Music Night and Day : Handel Hendrix House in the evening , Daylight Music in Leytonstone Labels : Handel preview Daylight Music at St John's Leytonstone The Handel Hendrix House opens for special night time viewings , presenting both music by Handel and Hendrix in their own contexts , whilst Arctic Circle's Daylight Music is back with a run of daytime concerts presenting an eclectic mix of contemporary music Arctic Circle's Daylight Music returns for a limited edition run this Autumn at St John’s Leytonstone , E11 1HH with daytime concerts beginning Saturday 21 October . The opening event features composer David Julyan , best known for his
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 19 October 2023 Pastoral charm with an engaging sense of style : Handel's Clori , Tirsi e Fileno from the English Concert at Wigmore Hall Labels : concert review Handel Wigmore Hall Handel : Clori , Tirsi e Fileno Joélle Harvey , Ailish Tynan , Iestyn Davies , the English Concert , Harry Bicket Wigmore Hall image taken from the live stream Handel : nbsp Clori , Tirsi e Fileno Ailish Tynan , Joélle Harvey , Iestyn Davies , the English Concert , Harry Bicket Wigmore Hall Reviewed 18 October 2023 A light-hearted pastoral cantata performed with engaging charm and great sense of style with Handel's imaginative orchestration played with relish Handel's Italian
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 18 October 2023 Constella Music celebrates a decade of innovative work with anniversary event at Sadler’s Wells Labels : preview Leo Geyer , artistic director of Constella Music Leo Geyer's Constella Music is celebrating its tenth anniversary with an event at Sadler's Wells Theatre on Monday 27 November 2023. The interdisciplinary music company , formally known as Constella OperaBallet , celebrates a decade of daring and visually striking work . The company's new name , Constella Music , reflects its ever-growing repertoire encompassing the broad creative endeavours of its artistic director , composer and conductor Leo . Geyer The celebration at Sadler's%20Robert%20Leslie%20(1).jpg)
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 18 October 2023 The nominations for the 2023 Ivors Classical Awards have been announced , and we take a little look at some of this year's nominees Labels : music news Jasdeep Singh Degun Photo : Robert Leslie Nominated for his opera Orpheus The nominations for the 2023 Ivors Classical Awards have been announced , and we take a little look at some of this year's nominees as well as highlighting those nominees to whom we have spoken in more . depth This year , 36 works have been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award across eight categories . nbsp 44 of the shortlist are first-time nominees , including : nbsp Jasdeep Singh Degun nominated for his opera Orpheus
: : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 18 October 2023 Tips for musicians setting up a music festival : Shiry Rashkovsky , founder of Up Close and Musical , reflects on festival creation Labels : Guest Posting Shiry Rashkovsky violinist Fenella Humphreys at Up Close and Musical in 2022 Viola-player Shiry Rashkovsky's Up Close and Musical festival returned to the Fidelio Café this month , opening with mezzo-soprano Lucy Schaufer , pianist Ben Dawson and Trio Klein in a storm-themed programme of music by living , and mainly women , composers see my review and ends tonight , 18 October 2023, with soprano composer Héloïse Werner , multi-instrumentalist Shri Sriram and cellist Max Baillie in