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Lorna Maclean (Sāvitri) and Steven van der Linden (Satyavān) © Guildhall School | David Monteith-Hodge

Holst’s Sāvitri and Weir’s Blond Eckbert from the Guildhall School of Music

By David Truslove, 05 June 2023

Two accomplished performances bring emotional depth only intermittently, but show ample security of singing and playing.

***11

***11

London

05 Jun 2023

Holst and Weir operas from the Guildhall School of Music

By David Truslove

Michael Lafferty-Smith (Joseph), Jacob Harrison and Emyr Lloyd Jones (Guards) © David Monteith

London

Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking given a triumphant staging by Guildhall School

By Mark Valencia, 27 February 2023

Under Dominic Wheeler’s expert baton the musicians, all youthful if not downright young, give a spectacular account of a harrowing score.

****1

****1

London

27 Feb 2023

Dead Man Walking given a triumphant staging by Guildhall School

By Mark Valencia

Hansel et Gretel à l'Opéra national du Rhin © Klara Beck

Strasbourg

Hansel et Gretel à Strasbourg ou le côté obscur des marchés de Noël

By Romain Daroles, 07 December 2025

Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau propose une lecture sociale cruelle du conte des frères Grimm, non sans quelques approximations. Christoph Koncz dirige en revanche une lecture musicale très juste de cette belle partition de Humperdinck.

***11

***11

Strasbourg

07 Dec 2025

Hansel et Gretel à Strasbourg ou le côté obscur des marchés de Noël

By Romain Daroles