A rite of spring: Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night

Von Matthew Rye, 09 März 2016

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“The folk-opera genre... gives plenty for a young and enthusiastic cast to do”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Ambika P3, London, am 8 März 2016

Rimsky-Korsakow, May Night

Royal Academy Opera

Gareth Hancock, Musikalische Leitung

Christopher Cowell, Regie

Bridget Kimak, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Lorena Paz Nieto, Pannochka

Emma Stannard, Ganna

Claire Barnett-Jones, Mayor's sister-in-law

Martins Smaukstelis, Distiller

Mikhail Shepelenko, Levko

Henry Neill, Clerk

Philip Wilcox, Kalenik

Timothy Murphy, Village-Head (Mayor)

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Weitere Kritiken...

Matthew Rye

Matthew read music at Oxford and worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He wrote numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad. He also wrote for The Wagner Journal and Opera and blogged at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and was the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).