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2023-09-29 11:55:30
Grand Theatre, LeedsHenry Waddington relishes every moment as the blustering Sir John in a sustainably staged production of Verdi’s final opera, played and performed with an unfailing sense of humourAs the rainbow-striped butcher’s curtain rises on
2022-06-25 11:25:35
Poetic drama & real musicality: highly imaginative Rusalka from Jack Furness at Garsington with Natalya Romaniw as a compelling water nymph
Dvorak: Rusalka - Natalya Romaniw - Garsington Opera (Photo Clive Barda)Antonin Dvorak: Rusalka; Natalya Romaniw, John Findon, Henry Waddington, Christine Rice, Sky Ingram, director: Jack Furness, Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Douglas Boyd; Garsington Opera at Wormsley, Reviewed 24 June 2022 (★★★★★)Musically superb, dramatically convincing and highly poetic account of Dvorak's fairy-tale that combined a poetic approach with a mining of the work's darker element and a highly imaginative staging Garsington Opera planned its production of Dvorak’s Rusalka for 2020 with Natalya Romaniw in the title role. Cancelled and re-scheduled for 2022, thankfully still with Romaniw, the production debuted last week with a new director at the helm. We caught Jack Furness’ new production of Dvorak’s Rusalka at Garsington Opera on Friday 24 June 2022. Douglas Boyd conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra with Natalya Romaniw as Rusalka. Illness the cast meant that John Findon (previously Hajny) sang the Prince, Henry Waddington sang Vodnik and […]
2022-04-13 08:23:32
Beauty and the Seven Beasts: using seven composers and mixing film with live performance, The Opera Story's latest show is a remarkable triumph
[…] featured teamwork seven composer librettist teams (one sin each), composers Vahan Salorian, Jude Obermuller, Lewis Murphy, Lucie Treacher, Ruth Chan, Sasha Scott and James Garner, and texts by Dominic Kimberlin, Tom Powell, Annie Jenkins, JL Williams, Ellie Taylor, Louis Rembges, and Anna Pool. Directed by James Hurley and conducted by Berrak Dyer, the show featured Katherine Aitken as Beauty and Dan D'Souza as Beast, with filmed contributions from Sarah Tynan, Nicholas Lester, Chiara Vinci, Henry Waddington, Anthony Gregory, Edmund Danon, Rachael Lloyd, and Joshua Owen Mills. Composer Vahan Salorian and librettist Dominic Kimberlin were the lead team, composing both the final encounter Pride, the introduction, epilogue and the linking scenes as well as giving a steer for the remaining encounters. The premise for the piece was the Beauty (Katherine Aitken) signs up to an app that promises true love in seven dates, results guaranteed. And so, via a series of […]
2022-02-04 00:35:29
Mapping Black dignity: Kennedy Center launches "Cartography Project” today; "Cartography’s" first installment features "The Road Ahead" by Carlos Simon
[…] Scott Christian, percussion Ahead of TimeNathaniel HEYDER, music(NSO commission; Cleveland, OH)With Paul Cigan, clarinet; Robert Rearden, horn; Jennifer Mondie, viola; Britton Riley, cello; Scott Christian, percussion Breonna’s LullabyDerek Douglas CARTER, music(NSO commission; Louisville, KY)With Paul Cigan, clarinet; Ruth Wicker, viola; Paul DeNola, bass; Jiyoung Oh, piano Mo(u)rningB.E. BOYKIN, music; Brittny Ray CROWELL, libretto(WNO commission; Atlanta, GA)With Martin Bakari, tenor; Amy Frost Baumgarten, cello; Dana Scott, piano The Burning BushJasmine BARNES, music; Joshua BANBURY, libretto(WNO commission; Baltimore, MD)With Suzannah Waddington, soprano; Daniel J. Smith, baritone; Roderick Demmings, Jr.; Raymond Caldwell, director Progeny of Perpetual IndependenceLiz GRE, music; Junauda PETRUS-NASAH, libretto(WNO commission; Minneapolis, MN)With Amber R. Monroe, soprano; Karen Lowry-Tucker, violin; Amy Frost Baumgarten, cello; Christian Gray, double bass; Dana Scott, piano Pretty GirlJens IBSEN, music; Yasmina IBSEN, libretto(WNO commission; Oakland, CA)With Katerina Burton, soprano; Amber R. Monroe, soprano; Robert Ainsley, piano Screened excerpts from ten-part docuseries: T.L. BENTON: The Cartography Project(Kennedy Center commission) […]
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