To Paradise and back: a thrilling Roi de Lahore

Von Mark Pullinger, 02 März 2015

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“Balsadonna and the COG orchestra threw the kitchen sink at the score”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, am 1 März 2015

Massenet, Le Roi de Lahore

Chelsea Opera Group

Renato Balsadonna, Musikalische Leitung

Anush Hovhannisyan, Sitâ

Justina Gringytė, Kaled

Michael Spyres, Alim

Joshua Bloom, A chief, Indra

William Dazeley, Scindia

Jihoon Kim, Timour

Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra

Chelsea Opera Group Chorus

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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.

To Paradise and back: a thrilling Le Roi de Lahore from Chelsea Opera Group