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Munich Bavarian State Opera – Donizetti: The Daughter of the Regiment
The last new production of Donizetti‘s opéra-comique La Fille du régiment at the Bavarian State Opera was in German (as Die Regimentstochter) and dates from September of 1935. The nearly 90-year gap is at least partly due to a general rejection in Germany of anything...
Handel: Jephtha: Royal Opera House, London
‘That whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.’ Such is the vow of Jephtha, the eponymous hero of Handel’s final Oratorio....
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Britten: Death in Venice
Marx in London!
Scottish Opera Glasgow – Jonathan Dove: Marx in London! This opera was first heard at the Stadttheater Bonn in 2018 in a staging by Jürgen R. Weber in commemoration of Marx’s 200th anniversary. Weber’s production is a satirical account of one day from Marx’s life in...
Berlin Staatsoper unter den Linden – Wagner: Tannhäuser
What happens when an opera house asks a ballet dancer and choreographer with her own dance company to produce an opera? There is a lot of ballet where normally there is not, and there is hardly any Personenregie. Tannhäuser has a place for ballet, normally given to...
The Ring Cycle in Sofia, Bulgaria
Parsifal Parsifal was the sixth Wagner opera to be produced at the Sofia Opera by Plamen Kartaloff in his mission to develop a Wagnerian tradition in Bulgaria. First staged in 2015, the preparation for the opera was assisted by Richard Trimborn. Kartaloff believes...
ENO – Rhinegold
Wotan may be a god, but he never strikes me as the brightest button in the box. His decision to give away Freia as payment to the giants for Valhalla, his castle in the sky, has clearly not been thought through. So too is the Arts Council’s decision to uproot English...
Bari – Teatro Petruzzelli: La Traviata
Is it possible the there is one Musical Opinion reader who has never seen La Traviata? And maybe is it also possible this reader has not formed an opinion about the central character before even seeing the opera? And maybe this reader also has a great degree of...
Opera North: Rigoletto
If you stroll around the ever-expanding Salford Quays complex these days, you will see a very different Media City to the one when the Lowry Theatre first opened more than 20 years ago. BBC and ITV studios, hotels, bars, restaurants, apartment blocks, trams and an...
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New Recital Series at Leighton House from Lisa Peacock Concert Management
Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd announces the greatly anticipated appearance in London of Juan Pérez Floristán, Gold Medallist of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition 2021 in music by Chopin, Liszt, Wagner/Liszt and Beethoven on Saturday October 8 at 7.30 pm.
Described as playing ‘in the true tradition of Arthur Rubinstein’, this London appearance by Juan Pérez Floristán has been eagerly awaited since his remarkable success in the Competition. Tickets: £15-35 Booking: www.sjss.org.uk/events/juan-pérez-floristán
Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd also announces a new ‘Discoveries’ Season of distinguished recitals on Tuesday evenings from 7.00 – 8.30pm by exceptional young artists in the magnificent studio of the refurbished Leighton House in London’s Kensington. This studio functions as a 100-seater recital hall, following the house reopening with step-free access and new public facilities, a café bar, Learning Centre and two exhibition spaces. Doors open at 6.30pmh
The Season opens on October 25 with Jacky Zhang, followed by Lorenzo Adamo on November 1st, Thomas Kelly on January 10 2023, Ariel Lanyi on January 24 and Victor Maslov on March 7. Following each recital audience members will have the opportunity to talk to the artist in the new bar