The English Concert at the Barbican: Theodora

Por Charlotte Valori, 10 febrero 2014

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Crítica hecha desde Barbican Hall, Londres el 8 febrero 2014

Handel, Theodora

The English Concert

Harry Bicket, Dirección musical

Rosemary Joshua, Soprano

Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzosoprano

Tim Mead, Contratenor

Andrew Kennedy, Tenor

Neal Davies, Bajo

Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street

English Concert y Bicket presentan Rinaldo

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 11th March

El tono solemne representado en el ritmo majestuoso de los primeros compases ya prefiguró el carácter del héroe, y en la consiguiente fuga tan claramente articulada se anunció un cierto color festivo que anunciaba un conflicto que, a la postre, habría de resolverse felizmente.

****1

A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington

Peter Quantrill, 27th June

Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.

****1

Ravishing Rodelinda: Handel al fresco at Garsington Opera

Roy Westbrook, 13th June

Ruth Knight untangles Handel's Rodelinda, directing a new staging at Garsington which features a feast of fine singing.

****1

Rameau meets The Kardashians: Platée at Garsington

David Karlin, 29th May

A superb orchestral performance from Paul Agnew and The English Concert lights up a breezy and fun staging of Rameau's ballet bouffon.

***11

Handel's Brockes Passion resurrected by The English Concert

Roy Westbrook, 27th March

The London Handel Festival offers a chance to hear rarely performed music for Passiontide, with Harry Bicket conducting the English Concert.

****1

Heavenly Bach from Iestyn Davies at the BBC Proms

Leighton Jones, 25th August

With two cantatas for solo alto bookending the Third Brandenburg Concerto, The English Concert bewitches in this late-night all Bach programme.

****1

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

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