Authentic music theatre: Sound Affairs brings Michelangelo Drawing Blood to Cheltenham

Por Steph Power, 15 julio 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Cheltenham Ladies College: Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham el 11 julio 2013

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Andy Howitt, Coreografía

James Hall, Contratenor

Aaron Jeffrey, Bailarín

Stefano Giglioni, Actor

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Unsteady circus act blown away by spectacle: Opera2Day in Utrecht

Eleanor Knight, 20th February

Opera2Day, with 20 years of touring reinvented classics behind them, turn to Handel for their latest outing, The Opera Circus.

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Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

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Jonathan Dove’s Itch at Opera Holland Park

David Karlin, 3rd June

Simon Mayo’s Young Adult novels are turned into an operatic romp which explores the fascination of the elements with excellent music and setting, albeit riddled with plot lacunae.

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Myth meets Shoreditch: a rewarding Handel double bill

Dominic Lowe, 29th March

Part of this year's London Handel Festival, Apollo e Dafne and The Choice of Hercules are transported to the stage in a captivating production that blends music and dance.

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A character study in singing: Handel’s Tamerlano at ETO

David Karlin, 8th October

A fine cast breathes life into the story of the captured Ottoman Sultan Bajazet and his Mongol conqueror.

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Emerging from the gloom: Handel's Ottone revived by ETO in Hackney

Mark Valencia, 1st October

A revival of James Conway's staging of Ottone launches English Touring Opera's autumn season of three Handel operas.

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Steph Power

Steph Power is a freelance composer, critic and essayist based in Wales. She is a Deputy Editor of Wales Art Review.