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LondonFantasy & Fairytales: Five world-premiere short operas
Michael Rosewell; Bill Bankes-Jones; RCM Opera Studio; Sarah Booth; RCM Opera Chorus
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Hedging its bets: La finta giardiniera at the Royal College of Music
Mozart's teenage comedy is more complicated then Figaro but is easy on the ear, with many opportunities for a young cast to shine.
The other Don Giovanni: Gazzaniga's take on the legendary lothario
It premiered in the same year as Mozart's opera, but Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni is virtually unknown. Despite the best efforts of an energetic student cast it doesn't come close to hitting the heights that Mozart and Da Ponte reached.
Nightmares dressed as daydreams: Respighi and Ravel at the RCM
An opportunity to hear one of Respighi's operas in the UK is a real treat; the composer's take on Sleeping Beauty, La bella dormente nel bosco, is an ideal companion to to Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges in a terrific double bill at the Royal College of Music.
Candy and Communism: Hänsel und Gretel at the Royal College of Music
A new production of Humperdinck's charming fairy-tale opera is always to be welcomed, particularly when performed with such enthusiasm by the students of the Royal College of Music.
Tuneful desert island fun: Robinson Crusoe at the RCM
A delicious evening which showed off its young talent to best advantage and made us want more Offenbach.
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LondonFantasy & Fairytales: Five world-premiere short operas
Michael Rosewell; Bill Bankes-Jones; RCM Opera Studio; Sarah Booth; RCM Opera Chorus