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2023-11-27 09:06:00
A remarkable sense of energy & engagement: Wagner's Die Walküre from the London Opera Company at St John's Smith Square
Wagner's Die Walküre - The London Opera CompanyWagner's Die Walküre; Ben Thapa, Philippa Boyle, Simon Wilding, Simon Thorpe, Harriet Williams, Cara McHardy, conductor Peter Selwyn; the London Opera Company at St John's Smith SquareReviewed 25 November 2023A full scale performance of Wagner's opera projected with remarkable energy, commitment and engagement by a strong cast with an orchestra mixing professionals, students and amateurs. A remarkable achievementThe London Opera Company was formed in 2020 by singers to give opportunities to performers who had lost work in the pandemic. Starting from relatively small beginnings, with chamber versions of Wagner's operas, the company founded its own orchestra last year and presented a full version of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at St John's Smith Square. The company returned to St John's for Wagner's Die Walküre this year and plans to perform Wagner's Siegfried next year.The London Opera Company performed Wagner's Die Walküre at St John's Smith Square on Saturday 25 November 2023. Peter Selwyn conducted […]
2023-11-07 09:00:00
Walküres take flight at St John’s this November
[…] also deploy the Royal Opera House’s famous Wagner horns to achieve that authentic and stirring Wagnerian sound.An equally impressive cast includes much-celebrated singer Sarah Pring, who starred as mentor and coach in Sky Art’s Anyone Can Sing, and fresh from performing with ENO at the BBC Proms, Gweneth Ann Rand, who returns as Sieglinde following last year’s rave reviews. They join experienced Wagnerian singers, some debuting roles for the first time including gifted tenor Ben Thapa as Siegmond. The London Opera Company is a not for profit organisation dedicated to bringing audiences world-class performances at an affordable ticket price. They performed Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Peter Selwyn, at St. John's Smith Square in October 2022 having given Die Walküre in a chamber arrangement in 2021.The London Opera Company will perform Die Walküre at St John's Smith Square on Saturday 25 November 2023, full details from St John's website.The […]
2020-10-04 11:15:00
The Warehouse, WaterlooTristan – Brian Smith Walters Isolde – Cara McHardy Brangäne – Harriet Williams Kurwenal – Louis Hurst King Marke – Richard Wiegold Young Sailor – Ben Thapa Melot – Jonathan Cooke Shepherd, Steersman – Bo Wang Jonathan Musgrave (piano)James Widden (violin) Alison Holford (cello) Michael Thrift (conductor) Almost a year to the day (5 October 2019) since I had last seen Tristan und Isolde and considerably sooner, given the world’s catastrophic state, than I had anticipated, Wagner and Tristan returned to my life and to the lives of the performers of the London Opera Company, here giving its inaugural performance. For any company to open proceedings with Tristan is a declaration of intent, not least in London, so starved of Wagner compared to any city of its stature. Yet, this group of musicians determined not so much to keep the flame burning as, in contradistinction to its eponymous […]
2019-12-09 09:24:54
Messiah round up
[…] London, Orion Orchestra, Gary Matthewmanhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/handels-messiah-tickets-74782334977?aff=ebopdstthelist18 December - Royal Albert HallNatalya Romaniw, Katie Bray, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, William ThomasPhilharmonia Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Altstaedthttps://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2019/handels-messiah/20 December - St James's Church, Piccadilly (by candlelight)Helen Semple, Cathy Bell, John Upperton, Jon StainsbySix Centuries Chamber Choir, Linden Baroque Orchestra, Peter Fenderhttp://www.concert-diary.com/concert/1395163139/Handel-s-Messiah-by-candlelight-Six-Centuries-Chamber-Choir20 December - Southwark CathedralBoys and Gentlemen of the Cathedral choir, Chameleon Arts Orchestra, Ian Keatleyhttps://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/southwark-cathedral-choir-christmas-concert-handels-messiah-and-carols-by-candlelight/?d=63712467000000000021 December - St Martin in the Fields (by candlelight)Elizabeth Weisberg, Ciara Hendrick, Ben Thapa, Philip TebbEnglish Chamber Choir, Belmont Ensemble of London, Peter G Dysonhttps://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/handel-messiah-by-candlelight/21 December - St Augustine's Church, One Tree Hill, Honor Oak ParkElizabeth Rodger, Sarah Pring, Paul Martyn West, Meurig DaviesLondon Docklands Singers, Marcel Sinfonia, Andrew Camplinghttps://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/select/luYEZLXOzrqW23 December - St John's Smith SquareAnna Dennis, Helen Charlston, James Gilchrist, Neil DaviesPolyphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Laytonhttps://www.sjss.org.uk/events/handel%E2%80%99s-messiah-polyphony
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