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2024-03-14 14:53:47
Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonWith a dash of Monty Python and a sprinkling of Carry On, Charles Court Opera’s slimmed-down staging of the comic opera is pacy and entertainingImagine the Monty Python team making a foray into bel canto. Or perhaps a Carry On special set in an opera company with little budget but a ready source of Stetsons.
2023-09-01 07:15:00
[…] but her façade is wearing ever thinner. Is she really who she says she is? For that matter, is anyone around the dinner table? Is a job like this ever truly free from dishonesty?This is a tale that reminds us that forgetting ourselves can be a dangerous thing. Can we ever truly thrive if we are someone else? What are the repercussions of contorting yourself to fit into a world not for you?Full details from Wilton's Music Hall website.
2022-07-09 05:22:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 9, 2022
Only an Octave Apart Makes London PremiereJustin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo’s critically-acclaimed Only An Octave Apart, a theatrically musical evening coalescing wildly divergent genres and voices, is crossing the pond this Fall for a month-long premiere London engagement at Wilton’s Music Hall.Co-created and directed by Zack Winokur, Only An Octave Apart will have music supervision by Thomas Bartlett, arrangements by Nico Muhly, and costume design by Jonathan Anderson for Loewe. The strictly limited engagement begins September 28, 2022, ahead of an official opening night on September 30. The run ends on October 22.Hot on the heels of a sensational premiere engagement in New York City last year, "the greatest cabaret artist of their generation" (The New Yorker) and "the vocally brilliant and dramatically fearless countertenor" (The New York Times) are bringing their wildly acclaimed show to London. Only An Octave Apart is Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo’s joyous and […]
2022-04-27 07:17:17
Celebrating ten years of the Opera Holland Park Young Artists
Opera Holland Park Young Artists past and present at Wilton's Music Hall On Monday (25 April 2022), Opera Holland Park (OHP) had an event at Wilton's Music Hall to celebrate ten years of their Young Artist Scheme, and we heard from a fine array of current and past Young Artists. The scheme arose because the philanthropist, the late Christine Collins, wanted to support OHP and wanted to provide opportunity for young artists, and the scheme debuted in 2012 with the Young Artists performance of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. Christine was also a client at our shop (Alec Drew Picture Frames) in Chelsea and would chat to David about opera and about the Young Artists Scheme. We attended that first performance and have, I think, attended (virtually) every Young Artists performance since and are pleased to help support the scheme. On Monday, we heard a mixture of opera arias and interviews. So we […]
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