Star-studded, searing Bach at the Royal Festival Hall

Por Benjamin Poore, 03 abril 2019

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“The rock on which this performance was built was Mark Padmore’s mesmerising Evangelist”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Festival Hall, Londres el 2 abril 2019

Bach, Pasión según San Juan, BWV245

Mark Padmore, Tenor

Roderick Williams, Barítono

Camilla Tilling, Soprano

Christine Rice, Mezzosoprano

Andrew Staples, Tenor

Georg Nigl, Barítono

Choir of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sir Simon Rattle, Dirección

Peter Sellars, Dirección de escena

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**111

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***11

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****1

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*****

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Benjamin Poore

Benjamin Poore is a writer and critic. His book on psychoanalysis and literature is forthcoming in 2019. He has previously written about literature and culture for the Independent, the Times Literary Supplement, and Times Higher Education. In his spare time he tries to sing Schubert; he has a very patient teacher.