Martinů has the last laugh at the Guildhall

Von David Karlin, 06 November 2012

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Silk Street Theatre, London, am 1 November 2012

Massenet, La Navarraise

Massenet, Le Portrait de Manon

Martinů, Comedy on the Bridge

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Guildhall School Musicians

Peter Robinson, Musikalische Leitung

Stephen Barlow, Regie

James Platt, Bedroň

Magdalena Molendowska, Anita (La Navarraise)

Ben McAteer, Des Grieux

Raphaela Papadakis, Aurore

Catherine Backhouse, Jean

Samantha Crawford, Popelka

Respighi’s Lucrezia compels in Guildhall School’s double bill

Dominic Lowe, 3rd November

Pleas for more Respighi operas are answered as the students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama give the UK premiere of Lucrezia, paired with Ethel Smyth's Der Wald.

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Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill

Susannah Moody, 6th November

From the spiritual conversion of a Medieval sex-worker, to the Sleeping Beauty tale reimagined, Guildhall stages a Respighi double-bill.

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Holst and Weir operas from the Guildhall School of Music

David Truslove, 5th June

Two accomplished performances bring emotional depth only intermittently, but show ample security of singing and playing.

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Dead Man Walking given a triumphant staging by Guildhall School

Mark Valencia, 27th February

Under Dominic Wheeler’s expert baton the musicians, all youthful if not downright young, give a spectacular account of a harrowing score.

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Picture perfect: a fine triple bill from the Guildhall School

Dominic Lowe, 11th November

Massenet, Smyth and Rota are unlikely bedfellows, but in the Guildhall School's Autumn production, a one-act opera by each contributed to a most convincing triple bill, all set around the La Scala Picturehouse in the 1920s.

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Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon outshines Bizet at Guildhall School

David Karlin, 1st November

A double bill of French operettas shows Guildhall students to advantage as well as providing an introduction to Viardot that's well worth the trip.

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.