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2021-10-01 10:46:09
[…] for a complete Ring Cycle in concert but with Samoan movement. GAFA (pronounced ‘Nga-Fah’, a Samoan word meaning ‘genealogy’) is presenting Wagner's Ring Cycle at St Mary's Church, Putney, one complete cycle in German on successive Saturdays, (30/10/21, 6/11/21, 13/11/21, 20/11/21). Sani Muliaumaseali'iI, who has been singing Wagner for over 15 years and who studied with the great Wagnerian Sir Donald McIntyre, will sing Siegfried, Nadine Benjamin performing her first Sieglinde, and Yannick-Muriel Noah as Brünnhilde and Pauls Putnins as Wotan. There will be an orchestra of 50, the Rosenau Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Anthony Brown. Full details from the GAFA website
2021-08-13 11:22:28
Hopes & Fears: The Opera Makers at Grimeborn Festival
As part of the Arcola Theatre's Grimeborn Festival, The Opera Makers is presenting a new work based around a collection of stories of people living with cancer. Hopes & Fears, which is being presented from 1 to 4 September 2021, features a new libretto by Becca Marriott and uses music by Debussy to create a work which tells stories exploring the strength of human spirit in the face of extreme adversity. The piece uses audio recordings of interviews with people living cancer as well as those who have supported them alongside Debussy's L’enfant prodigue and La Damoiselle élue in a new arrangement by musical director, Panaretos Kyriatzidis. The production is directed by Jorge Balsa, and created with Shine Cancer Support UK, and features Caroline Carragher, Nina Bennet, Lara Martins, Paul Putnins, Martins Smaukstelis and Becca Marriott. Full details from the Arcola Theatre website.
2019-09-04 12:15:53
A passionate evening: Bellini's I Capuleti ed I Montecchi
Bellini: I Capuleti ed I Montecchi - Flora McIntosh, Chiara Vinci - Grimeborn Festival (Photo Lida Crisafulli) Bellini: I Capuleti ed I Montecchi; Chiara Vinci, Flora McIntosh; James Ioelu; Anthony Flaum; Pauls Putnins, dir: Lysanne van Overbeek, Kelvin Lim; Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre Reviewed by Anthony Evans on 2 September 2019 Star rating: 3.0 (★★★) Bellini's Tragedia Lirica at the Grimeborn Festival Bellini: I Capuleti ed I MontecchiFlora McIntosh, Chiara VinciGrimeborn Festival (Photo Lida Crisafulli) I Capuleti ed I Montecchi is a Tragedia Lirica in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with a libretto by Felice Romani. In their version the ill-fated lovers, from the Capulet and Montague families, are members of opposing political factions, the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Romeo, the Montecchi leader, has killed the son of his rival Capellio. Giulietta is betrothed to Tebaldo but is already smitten with Romeo. Defying their […]
2018-12-04 08:41:28
Stanford: The Travelling Companion - Julien Van Mellaerts, David Horton - New Sussex Opera(Photo Robert Knights/New Sussex Opera) Stanford The Travelling Companion; David Horton, Julien Van Mellaerts, Kate Valentine, Pauls Putnins, Ian Beadle, Felix Kemp, dir: Paul Higgins, cond: Toby Purser; New Sussex Opera at Saffron Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 2 December 2018 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A rare revival of Stanford's final opera proves sophisticated and engaging entertainment Who knew that Charles Villiers Stanford wrote operas? Whilst much of his music has been investigated over the last 20 years, his operas have been largely ignored. So all credit to New Sussex Opera for reviving Stanford's The Travelling Companion, which is not some failed jeu d'esprit but a mature work written in 1916.In fact, Stanford wrote operas consistently throughout his composing career, despite varying success. The first was The Veiled Prophet (written in 1879 and […]
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