Tag Archives: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A tale of two Mozarts…
Figaro on Friday, Giovanni on Saturday. I’m a wee bit Mozart’d out… Both productions, the Figaro by David McVicar and the Don Giovanni by Francesca Zambello, have been doing the ROH rounds for a while now, and seeing them in such … Continue reading
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A concert to heal the soul
After a somewhat trying day in which we discovered someone had nicked some of the lead flashing from the side of our house, the evening’s Wigmore Hall concert was a much needed dose of humanity. The Nash Ensemble’s programme included … Continue reading
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Glyndebourne’s suave Don Giovanni
A fabulous 50th birthday trip for my partner and some select friends to Glyndebourne, to see the new production of Don Giovanni. Broadly, very good. Not perfect, but very good. Jonathan Kent’s production had things updated to somewhere around the … Continue reading
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Been busy…
It’s a good job that the readership of this blog is intermittent and doesn’t rely on it for anything. Sorry, I’ve been moving house, so there’s some catching up to do. At the rate I’m going, Opera magazine will get … Continue reading
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Così Fan Tutte at Covent Garden
If Friday’s trip to Così Fan Tutte at Covent Garden didn’t resurrect the unalloyed pleasure that I remember from its last outing, the production by Jonathan Miller was not the cause. I thought that it was the sort of fresh … Continue reading
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