Chess, leaves and eagles: New works at the Purcell Room

Por Paul Kilbey, 21 mayo 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Purcell Room, Londres el 15 mayo 2013

Britten, Canticle III, Still Falls the Rain, for tenor, horn and piano, Op.55

Kendall, On the chequer'd field array'd for piano (world première)

Bray, Yellow leaves, for soprano and piano (world première)

Davies, Sea Eagle

Claire Booth, Soprano

Nicky Spence, Tenor

Richard Watkins, Trompa

Andrew Matthews-Owen, Piano

La inocencia perdida: Die Soldaten en el Teatro Real

Juan José Freijo, 24th May

Calixto Bieito, fiel a su estilo y tradición, se entrega a mostrar la caída en desgracia de la protagonista de Die Soldaten del modo más directo y descarnado posible.

***11

Satyagraha ou la canonisation de Philip Glass au Palais Garnier

Romain Daroles, 10th April

Donné pour la première fois à l'Opéra national de Paris, l'ouvrage du compositeur américain est un succès sur le plan musical, théâtral et chorégraphique.

****1

Opera by committee: Opera Philadelphia premieres Complications in Sue

Cameron Kelsall, 4th February

Opera Philadelphia commissions ten composers to tell the story of an ordinary woman's idiosyncratic march from cradle to tomb.

****1

Karpman’s opera Balls tells a great story, but overshoots the line

David Karlin, 20th November

An entertaining portrayal of the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is marred by ham-fisted amplification.

**111

Hrůša’s ambitious but uneven Night at Covent Garden

Mengguang Huang, 20th September

Dvořák’s rarely heard oratorio The Spectre’s Bride fails to ignite, leaving a performance caught uneasily between respect and restlessness.

***11

ENO, BBC join forces in stunning Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Mark Valencia, 1st September

David Pountney's vernacular translation and Ruth Knight's vivid staging lent a thrilling immediacy to Shostakovich's chilling opera.

*****

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.