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Hänsel and Gretel at the King’s Head

Although, on the face of it, Hänsel und Gretel seems an obvious choice for the small-theatre treatment, the lusciousness of the Romantic score appears to defy reduction to a single piano.  The through-composed structure also lends itself better to bigger … Continue reading

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Sometimes you don’t feel like commenting…

Well, here we are again.  Nearly a month since the last post and much operatic activity that has passed without comment.  What can I say?  My mind was elsewhere. In short:  a fabulous Simon Boccanegra with Domingo; an excellent Salome … Continue reading

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Opera Holland Park: no longer a virgin…

What great fun Opera Holland Park is.  I think it helped that we were seeing Hänsel und Gretel, so that the distant chirruping and squawking from the Park’s longer-established feathered residents was eerily appropriate.  It may also have helped that … Continue reading

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