Tag Archives: Amanda Roocroft
The Rose-Bearer clearly wasn’t travelling by public transport in London
So last night was Der Rosenkavalier at ENO – from what I remember of it after the rather tedious journey home. In fact the rather wonderful evening was ‘book-ended’ by frustrations, latterly the travel chaos and previously the frustration of ENO’s … Continue reading
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Where’d he go??
Oh, dear. A bit of a bloggin’ disaster. Moving house got me out of the habit, out of the frame of mind, and out of the path of a computer for rather too long. I do apologise, and especially to … Continue reading
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The Makropoulos Case, ENO
Wow. I mean, blimey, wow. This was quite an evening. Having previously watched a bit of The Makropoulos Case on DVD (the Glyndebourne set with Anja Silja), I had anticipated an engaging but rather abstruse work. In fact, sitting through … Continue reading
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A shattering Peter Grimes
This was a bit of a whimsical purchase - last minute (well, day before anyway), I grabbed the last pair of tickets available in the balcony at ENO on any date for Peter Grimes, on the strength of the reviews. What … Continue reading
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