Prom 57: On the Town

Por Sebastian Scotney, 26 agosto 2018

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“John Wilson was constantly persuading the orchestra to dig deep”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Albert Hall, Londres el 25 agosto 2018

Bernstein, On the Town (concert performance)

John Wilson, Dirección

Martin Duncan, Dirección de escena

Nathaniel Hackmann, Gabey

Louise Dearman, Hildy

London Symphony Orchestra

Beautiful Sing, but no Spiel: an unusual Munich Entführung

Laura Servidei, 12th June

Ivor Bolton leads the Bayerische Staatsorchester in a delightful musical rendition of Mozart’s masterpiece, with a great performance by Pavol Breslik as Belmonte.

***11

Clown court: Offenbach's Fantasio at Garsington

Matthew Rye, 14th June

The UK stage debut of Offenbach’s neglected Fantasio reveals a musical sizzler, but directorially it needs a more sympathetic touch than Garsington musters.

***11

A superbly entertaining Kiss Me, Kate at the Theater Bonn

Cristina Burack, 10th November

Theater Bonn successfully tackles Kiss Me, Kate in an appropriately light production.

****1

Dove's Flight takes off superbly

Mark Pullinger, 12th March

Dove's infectious score nods to Copland, Bernstein and Britten and its tongue-twisting ensembles and high-wire vocal writing were wonderfully performed.

*****

Personenregie perfection: Garsington's Turco in Italia

David Karlin, 26th June

Garsington's latest Rossini buffa is on the nail orchestrally, mixed vocally and one of the best pieces of acting and stage movement you'll see in opera.

****1

Riotous journey to the Underworld

Mark Pullinger, 3rd February

“Folies Bergère does Greek gods” is how director Martin Duncan describes Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers, and his production for Royal Academy Opera is enormous fun.

****1

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Sebastian Scotney

Sebastian has written about music for the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, Arts Industry and the Bulletin in Brussels. He has been a professor at the Royal College of Music and has recorded a CD of the Mozart clarinet quintet with the Maggini Quartet.

Prom 57: On the Town where score, orchestra and conductor are the stars