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2024-02-26 09:11:00
Beyond coloratura: Strong performances and a serious approach in Chelsea Opera Group's account of Léo Delibes' Lakmé
Poster for the première of Léo Delibes' Lakmé Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Haegee Lee, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, James Platt, Julien Van Mellaerts, Lorena Paz Nieto, Caroline Carragher, Sarah Pring, Polly Leech, Magnus Walker, Chelsea Opera Group, Matthew Scott Rogers; Cadogan HallReviewed 25 February 2024Strong performances and a serious approach to the music ensure that the pleasures of this performance of Delibes' rarity extended well beyond coloratura delightsLéo Delibes' Lakmé received a rare London outing when Matthew Scott Rogers conducted Chelsea Opera Group in the work on Sunday 25 February 2024 at Cadogan Hall with Haegee Lee as Lakmé, Elgan Llŷr Thomas as Gérald, James Platt as Nilakantha, Julien Van Mellaerts as Frédéric, Lorena Paz Nieto as Miss Ellen, Sarah Pring as Mistress Bentson, Caroline Carragher as Miss Rose and Polly Leech as Mallika.The very full Cadogan Hall suggested that audiences are keener on this type of rarity than companies sometimes give them credit for and that […]
2024-01-26 12:53:00
ChoralFest 2024: Dartington Trust announces new-look Summer school at Dartington Hall under Gavin Carr and Mark Stone.
[…] for this major work, participants will be able to take part in smaller consort singing groups, solo masterclasses and one-to-one voice lessons, as well as morning yoga and mindfulness classes to sustain them through a packed week of music making. Thursday evening will give students a chance to let their hair down and perform their party pieces in an informal cabaret.Gavin Carr will be joined by tutors and pianists including pianist Kelvin Lim, mezzo-sopranos Sarah Pring, Victoria Simmonds, and Allison Cook, conductor and noted coach Lada Valešová, tenors Daniel Norman and Andrew Rees, and bass James Platt. The teaching team will also give evening recitals throughout the course.Full details from the Dartington Trust's website.
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
[…] moments, Simon Wilding made it clear he was dead.Philippa Boyle had been touching in Act Two (in the scenes I find a little tedious and display Wagner's patronising sexism), but she had glorious final moments in Act Three as her Sieglinde grew in stature when she realised she carried Siegmund's baby.Act Three opened with a fine roster of dramatic talent in the Valkyries - Nina Bennet, Sky Ingram, Claire Filer, Harriet Williams, Mae Heydorn, Sarah Pring, Carolyn Dobbin & Katharine Taylor Jones. All looking glamorous, largely in red, singing with admirable security and drama, so that the famous scene was both engaging and thrilling. The sound of those battle cries sung with such security and projection in St John's was near overwhelming.McHardy was touching here, with her concern for Boyle's Sieglinde and as the act progressed, McHardy brought out Brünnhilde's move from jolly hockey-sticks innocence to something more complex as […]
2023-11-07 09:00:00
Walküres take flight at St John’s this November
Fans of Wagner’s epic tale of love, feuding families, betrayal and retribution are in for a treat this Saturday 25 November. The London Opera Company, which has been delighting Wagner fans and critics since bursting onto the scene in 2020, returns to St John's, Smith Square, for what promises to be a memorable concert performance of Die Walküre.Die Walküre features a world-class cast of singers and musical direction by Peter Selwyn, who has assisted on Bayreuth and Royal Opera House productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen. The London Opera Company orchestra brings together a carefully chosen core of professionals alongside talented semi-professional musicians from London’s leading music colleges. And this performance will 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 […]
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