Ernani: Sweltering heat, Spanish passions

Von Mark Pullinger, 04 Juli 2015

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“the Welsh tenor provided plenty of excitement and ringing top notes”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, am 3 Juli 2015

Verdi, Ernani

Chelsea Opera Group

Robin Newton, Musikalische Leitung

Helena Dix, Elvira

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Ernani

Gerard Quinn, Don Carlo

Jihoon Kim, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Erica Eloff, Giovanna

Christopher Turner, Don Riccardo

Matthew Sprange, Jago

Chelsea Opera Group Chorus

Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra

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***11

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****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Sweltering heat, Spanish passions: Ernani in concert