An intimate, chamber production of Wagner's Die Walküre from Regents Opera
Updated: 2023-05-30 06:19:00
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 30 May 2023 An intimate , chamber production of Wagner's Die Walküre from Regents Opera Labels : guest review opera review Wagner : Die Walküre Justine Viani Sieglinde Catharine Woodward Brünnhilde the Valkyries Regents Opera 2023 Photo : Steve Gregson Wagner : Die Walküre Brian Smith Walters , Justine Viani , Gerrit Paul Groen , Keel Watson , Catharine Woodward , Ingeborg Novrup Børch , director : Caroline Staunton , conductor : Ben Woodward Regents Opera at the Freemasons' Hall Reviewed by Florence Anna Maunders , 27 May 2023 Reduced forces , but heightened drama from the second instalment of Regents Opera's Wagner in the round Regents Opera returned to
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 29 May 2023 Style , imagination not a little daring : a new staging of Handel's Saul at Berlin's Komische Oper Labels : Berlin opera review Handel : Saul Rupert Charlesworth , Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Komische Oper , Berlin Photo Barbara Braun Handel : Saul Luca Tittoto , Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen , Rupert Charlesworth , Nadja Mchantaf , Penny Sofoniadou , director Axel Ranisch , conductor David Bates Komische Oper Berlin An international cast bring Handel's oratorio to vivid and striking life in an evening of musical and dramatic pleasures . Over the Whitsun weekend , the Komische Oper Berlin had something of a Handel festival on with revivals of Barrie Kosky's
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Sunday , 28 May 2023 No ordinary evening : Christof Loy directs Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Sara Jakubiak Jonathan Tetelman Labels : Berlin opera review Riccardo Zandonai : Francesca da Rimini Sara Jakubiak , Jonathan Tetelman Deutsche Oper Berlin Photo : Monika Rittershaus Riccardo Zandonai : Francesca da Rimini Sara Jakubiak , Jonathan Tetelman , Ivan Inverardi , Charles Workman , director : Christof Loy , conductor : Ivan Repusic Deutsche Oper Berlin Reviewed 26 May 2023 Loy's modern look at Zandonai's over-blown classic featured stunning performances from the two lovers and an intelligent approach to the drama , creating a
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 26 May 2023 The story is 40 years old but nothing much has changed about women's rights in the region : Bushra El-Turk on her opera Woman at Point Zero which comes to Covent Garden next month Labels : interview preview Bushra El-Turk : Woman at Point Zero Photo Nika Prokopenka Transparant-AllArias Bushra El-Turk is a composer who brings immense cultural richness to her works . Born in the UK to Lebanese parents , her musical practice can involve other musical cultures and traditions . Her opera Woman at Point Zero is being performed at the Royal Opera House s Linbury Theatre 28 to 30 June 2023 as part of Shubbak Festival and Aldeburgh Festival 2023. It is a
: , , . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 25 May 2023 Norwich-based music writer , Tony Cooper , offers a glimpse to the 2023 24 season of Norwich Chamber Music opening in September . Labels : by Tony Cooper Norfolk preview Alim Beisembayev(Photo : Nabin Maharjan Curated by Misha Donat writer , lecturer and a senior music producer for BBC Radio 3 for more than a quarter of a century where he collaborated with many of the world’s leading musicians the forthcoming season of Norwich Chamber Music offers classical-music aficionados another great , grand and exuberant feast of chamber music from a coterie of distinguished international performers . The opening concert on Saturday , 16th September
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 23 May 2023 Regents Opera's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre : a photo essay Labels : photo essay Wagner : Die Walküre Keel Watson Wotan Regents Opera 2023 Photo : Steve Gregson Regents Opera's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre opened at the Freemason's Hall , London , on 21, May 2023, with further performances on 23 27 May . Ben Woodward conducts his own arrangement for 21 piece orchestra , Caroline Stanton directs , with Brian Smith Walters as Siegmund , JustineViani as Sieglinde , nbsp Gerrit Paul Groen as Hunding , nbsp Keel Watson as Wotan , Catharine Woodward as Brünnhilde and Ingeborg Novrup Børch as Fricka , and you can read Ingeborg's
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 22 May 2023 Ein Sommernachtstraum in Essen : Jérémie Rhorer and Le Cercle de l'Harmonie Labels : concert review Germany Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Wilhelm Hensel Ein Sommernachtstraum Felix Mendelssohn , Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Jacquelyn Wagner , Valentina Stadler , Le Cercle de l'Harmonie , Jérémie Rhorer Philharmonie Essen An imaginative evening combining music by Felix and Fanny with the texts that inspired them , along with the magical timbres and textures of the period . instruments Beginning our journey to Berlin and Hannover with a stop over in Essen to visit the Folkwang Museum , we happened upon an imaginative concert given at the Philharmonie Essen
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 19 May 2023 Young musicians awards , a final and three winners Labels : music education music news Owen Spafford Jacob Jordan , winners of the 2023 National Centre for Early Music Young Composers Award The final of the John Fussell Award for Young Musicians is coming up on 14 June at the Taliesin Arts Centre , Swansea University , whilst in Yorkshire the winners of the 16th National Centre for Early Music Young Composers Award , presented in partnership with BBC Radio 3, were announced . And over in Manchester , The Hallé announced the latest winner of The Terence Judd-Hallé Award , in partnership with BBC Radio 3's New Generation . Artists The John Fussell
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 19 May 2023 Songs of heartbreak and loss : American counter-tenor Randall Scotting explores 17th-century song from Dowland to Purcell , Étienne Moulinié to Antonio Cesti Labels : cd review Lovesick : nbsp William Lawes , nbsp Étienne Moulinié , Henry Purcell , John Blow , Antonio Cesti , Henry Lawes , John Dowland , Daniele da Castrovillari , Pierre Guédron Randall Scotting , Stephen Stubbs SIGNUM CLASSICS A programme of songs of heartbreak and loss from the American counter-tenor , exploring a wide range of traditional and 17th-century song in a finely music and expressive performances I interviewed American countertenor Randall Scotting in October last
: : . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 18 May 2023 From Psychic Shellfish to a leading role in Wagner's Ring Cycle : Ingeborg Børch's Regents Opera journey . Labels : Guest Posting preview Wagner : Das Rheingold Ingeborg Børch as Fricka , Keel Watson as Wotan Regents Opera 2022 Photo Steve Gregson On Sunday 21st May 2023, Regents Opera presents its new production of Wagner's Die Walküre the latest instalment of their new Ring Cycle directed by Caroline Staunton and conducted by Ben Woodward . Here , in this guest article , we hear from Ingeborg Børch who sings . Fricka As a little girl with pig-tails and a habit of turning every single roll of toilet paper in the house into a white , lush gown
: , , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 17 May 2023 Oh , you , wretched singer , what are you hoping for Musicians in support of Ukraine Labels : preview RAM Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops , violinist Roman Mints was unable to play his violin for nearly a year . nbsp He says , When the war started I left Russia within a week . nbsp I had to take my family out of that place where everyone goes on business as usual while their soldiers are killing and torturing people in Ukraine . nbsp The only way a musician can resist this kind of aggression is to celebrate the culture that is threatened , earn money and send it to the victims . And that is what my friends and I are
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Wednesday , 17 May 2023 Grażyna Bacewicz's piano concertos and more on an exciting disc from Peter Jablonski the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Labels : cd review Grażyna Bacewicz : Piano Concerto , Concerto for Two Pianos , Music for Strings , Trumpets and Percussion Peter Jablonski , Elisabeth Brauss , Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra , Nicholas Collon ONDINE Three of the Polish composer's major symphonic works , including both piano concertos , in new recordings that bring out the power , range and brilliance of her . music Grażyna Bacewicz wrote four symphonies and a Concerto for Symphony Orchestra seven violin concertos , a viola concerto , two cello concertos ,
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 16 May 2023 The first opera in Sanskrit : Jataneel Banerjee's Gaṅgā at the Wandsworth Arts Fringe Labels : preview Jataneel Banerjee's Gaṅgā at Tete-a-Tete Opera Festival in 2022 Photo Claire Shovelton Composer Jataneel Banerjee's new chamber opera Gaṅgā is being premiered as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe with performances at the National Opera Studio , on 17 June 2023, and at Royal Academy of Dance , Battersea , on 25 June 2023. Gaṅgā is being billed as the first ever opera in Sanskrit , and it tells a story from the Indian epic , the Mahabharata . The performances will feature five singers , four musicians and a choir of real temple . priests Composer
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 16 May 2023 High Barnet Chamber Music Festival Joshua Ballance , artistic director of the High Barnet Chamber Music Festival Conductor Joshua Ballance's High Barnet Chamber Music Festival returns for its third edition this Summer with a season of five concerts at St John the Baptist Church , High Barnet from 30 June to 16 July 2023. The festival opens with a concert from the New London Orchestra , performing music by Grace Williams , Joseph Suk and Lil Boulanger , alongside Carol J Jones chrysalis in a newly commissioned version for string orchestra . The Jones is one of two new works at the festival , both of which came about through the festival's
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Tuesday , 16 May 2023 A lovely immediacy to the performances : in Monologues , Anna Bonitatibus explores a century of dramatic scenes for solo voice Labels : cd review Monologues Zingarelli , Donizetti , Rossini , Wagner , Viardot , Mel Bonis , Respighi Anna Bonitatibus , Adele d'Aronzo Prospero A terrific disc in which the Italian mezzo casts her net wide for a series of vivid solos , each from a different era , and each providing us with a different voice for a woman addressing us directly On her new double-disc set , Monologues on Prospero mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus is joined by pianist Adele d'Aronzo for a programme of dramatic monologues from 1804 to around
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 15 May 2023 Steeping listeners in Indian classical music without them knowing it : sitar player Jasdeep Singh Degun Labels : feature interview Leeds Opera North Jasdeep Singh Degun Jasdeep Singh Degun s tour of Anomaly featuring music from his acclaimed Real World Records debut disc opens on 17 May 2023 at the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds and continues to Norwich , Nottingham , Southampton , Rotterdam in the Netherlands , Manchester and Liverpool see website for details We met up earlier this month , whilst he was in London the previous day he had been on BBC Radio 3's In Tune to chat about Anomaly and working with both Western classical and Indian classical
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Monday , 15 May 2023 Then I play'd upon the Harpsichord : Ensemble Hesperi's engaging look at the musical life of Queen Charlotte Labels : concert review video The musical life of King George III and Queen Charlotte does not seem promising for an evening's entertainment at first , but the two were highly cultured with music playing a big role in their private and public lives . Ensemble Hesperi s 2022 project , Then I play'd upon the Harpsichord interwove music of the period with diary entries from the period . At a performance at Six Fitzroy Square Ensemble Hesperi , nbsp Mary-Jannet Leith recorders Magdalena Loth-Hill Baroque violin Miriam Kazcor Baroque flute
: , , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 12 May 2023 Britten , Brandstrup , Bostridge in Bath , and much more besides in Deborah Warner's new season at the Theatre Royal's Ustinov Studio Labels : Bath preview Phaedra Minotaur double bill at Ustinov Studio in 2022 Photo Claire Egan Deborah Warner has announced her second season as artistic director of the Ustinov Studio at the Theatre Royal , Bath . As with her previous season , this new one mixes theatre , opera , and dance , along with a new recital . strand Richard Jones will direct a new production of the play Machinal by American playwright Sophie Treadwell 1885-1970 an extraordinary epic masterpiece from the 1920s , based on the true story
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 12 May 2023 Thirteen North : Scotland's dynamic new string ensemble makes its debut with three new commissions plus film from Bircan Birol Labels : preview Scotland Thirteen North Formed by violinists and artistic directors Emily Davis and Catriona Price , Thirteen North is a new string ensemble made up of 13 of Scotland's best players with the aim of bringing classical music to a new and diverse audience . The ensemble's debut performance is Connected at St Luke's Glasgow on 29 June 2023. The ensemble will perform three new commissions by folk-influenced Scottish composers Pàdruig Morrison Catriona Price and Pippa Murphy complemented by Bartók’s Divertimento
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Friday , 12 May 2023 Finding his way : Opera Rara's revival of Donizetti's relatively early L'esule di Roma showed a composer finding his own voice Labels : Cadogan Hall Opera Rara opera review : Donizetti L'esule di Roma Nicola Alaimo , Albina Shagimuratova , Carlo Rizzi , Britten Sinfonia Opera Rara at Cadogan Hall Photo Russell Duncan Donizetti : L'esule di Roma Albina Shagimuratova , Sergey Romanovsky , Nicola Alaimo , Britten Sinfonia , Carlo Rizzi Opera Rara at Cadogan Hall With a mad scene for the baritone villain and an intense prison scene , this stylish performance showed Donizetti gradually moving away from the influence of Rossini In 1822, Donizetti moved
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Record Reviews Interviews Twitter : RobertHugill Opera and Concert Reviews Thursday , 11 May 2023 Hertfordshire Festival of Music 2023 Labels : preview This year's Hertfordshire Festival of Music HFOM runs from 9 to 16 June 2023 with events in and around the county town of Hertford under the theme of The Art of Music The Music of Art The festival's principal artist this year is clarinettist Emma Johnson , and she will be heard in recital and at an in conversation event as well as giving a . masterclass Genre-bending ensemble ZRI return to the festival with their mix of classical and traditional in their recreation atmosphere of the legendary Red Hedgehog bar in Vienna , at the McMullen Brewery courtyard in Hertford . Pianist Katya Apekisheva