2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-05-17UTC14:15:48+00:002017-05-17Five years after the composer's death, his musical collaborator David Murphy ensures that Shankar's only operatic work finally gets heard.Ravi Shankar’s Opera Sukanya Delights in Birminghamen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-sukanya-hurrell-kumar-murphy-das-birmingham-may-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngRobert Gainerhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18106https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18106https://bachtrack.com/files/55046-robert-gainer.jpgRobert Gainer has completed a BA in European Studies at the University of Warwick and an MSc in Criminology at the University of Leicester. He is currently completing further study in English and Cultural Studies, again at Warwick. He plays trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn and his musical background is in brass band and orchestra. In his spare time he enjoys writing fiction and poetry.https://bachtrack.com/files/60033-cbc20170510-sukanya-0229-aakash-odedra--sanjukta-sinha--c--roh--photo-by-bill-cooper.jpg510400Sanjukta Sinha and Aakash OdedraROH | Bill Cooper2017-May-15, Birmingham Symphony Hall: Ravi Shankar's Sukanyahttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/birmingham-symphony-hall/ravi-shankars-sukanya/15-may-2017/19-302017-05-152017-05-15Birmingham Symphony HallBirminghamWest MidlandsUnited KingdomB1Broad Street52.479179918226-1.9092607498169https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/bc-sukanya?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/52983-sukanya-banner-image.jpg4
2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-10-21UTC08:27:10+00:002016-10-21I arrived at the Royal Opera House in the usual way, settled into my seat, and – could you believe it – the opera was gone!Vaudeville. Nasality. Shostakovich. Kosky.en_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-shostakovich-nose-kosky-winkler-tomlinson-metzmacher-royal-opera-october-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Karlinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/files/40449-david-karlin.jpgDavid is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.https://bachtrack.com/files/47622-the-nose-martin-winkler-roh-bill-cooper-resized.jpg510340Martin Winkler (Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov)ROH | Bill Cooper2016-Oct-20, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: The Nosehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/royal-opera-house-covent-garden/the-nose/20-october-2016/19-302016-10-202016-11-09Royal Opera House, Covent GardenLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC2E 9DDBow Street,
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James Conway’s production of La bohème may be a little restrained on banter, but hits all the emotional high notes, is compellingly played and superbly sung.
2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-03-16UTC12:39:44+00:002015-03-16James Conway’s production of La bohème may be a little restrained on banter, but hits all the emotional high notes, is compellingly played and superbly sung. Simple and emotive: English Touring Opera’s La bohème at Hackney Empireen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-boheme-conway-english-touring-opera-march-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngCharlotte Valorihttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/5489https://bachtrack.com/files/173-charlotte_valori.jpgCharlotte 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.https://bachtrack.com/files/8597-boheme_domnich_richard_hubert_smith_resized.jpg510340Ilona Domnich (Mimì)Richard Hubert Smith2015-Mar-13, Hackney Empire: La bohèmehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/hackney-empire/la-boheme/13-march-2015/19-302015-03-132015-03-13Hackney EmpireLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomE8 1EJ291 Mare Street, ,Hackney51.5454810155893-0.05542516708374024
Donizetti’s Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo hasn’t strayed onto UK shores for decades, but is given a spirited performance by English Touring Opera.
2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-03-13UTC14:18:14+00:002015-03-13Donizetti’s Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo hasn’t strayed onto UK shores for decades, but is given a spirited performance by English Touring Opera. The Wild Man stumbles into Hackney in ETO’s rare Donizetti revivalen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-furioso-san-domingo-english-touring-opera-march-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMark Pullingerhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/files/218-1097_4423_markpullinger.jpgMark is one of Bachtrack’s editors and Chair of the Music Section of The Critics' Circle. An experienced opera critic, with a passion for Verdi, he can often be found propping up a standing place at the ROH. He also reviews concerts and dance, with a particular love for Russian and French repertoire. Mark contributes to Gramophone and Opera magazines and blogs at Beckmesser's Quill. https://bachtrack.com/files/8554-furioso_brathwaite_smith_richard_hubert_smith_resized.jpg510287Peter Brathwaite (Kaidamà) and Craig Smith (Cardenio)Richard Hubert Smith2015-Mar-12, Hackney Empire: Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo (The Wild Man of the West Indies)https://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/hackney-empire/il-furioso-allisola-di-san-domingo-the-wild-man-of-the-west-indies/12-march-2015/19-302015-03-122015-03-12Hackney EmpireLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomE8 1EJ291 Mare Street, ,Hackney51.5454810155893-0.05542516708374023
This innovative and clever new opera by Julian Philips and Edward Kemp at the Royal Opera’s Linbury Studio Theatre is a delight, with appeal for adults as well as children.
2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-12-17UTC10:28:04+00:002013-12-16This innovative and clever new opera by Julian Philips and Edward Kemp at the Royal Opera’s Linbury Studio Theatre is a delight, with appeal for adults as well as children.How the Whale Became, a lovely new opera at the Linbury Studio Theatreen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-dec-2013-roh-linbury-whaleBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngJaime Robleshttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6182https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6182https://bachtrack.com/files/180-jaime_robles.jpgJaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012. https://bachtrack.com/files/3895-how_the_whale_became_2634ashm_0641_fflur_wyn_as_girl__njabulo_madlala_as_whale__andrew_dickinson_as_boy__c__ashmore.jpg510356Fflur Wyn, Njabulo Madlala and Andrew DickinsonCatherine Ashmore / Royal Opera House2013-Dec-03, Royal Opera House: Linbury Studio Theatre: How the Whale Becamehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/royal-opera-house-linbury-studio-theatre/how-the-whale-became/03-december-2013/19-002013-12-032014-01-04Royal Opera House: Linbury Studio TheatreLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC2E 9DDBow Street
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The International Wimbledon Music Festival is only in its fourth year, and yet it has world-class musicians coming to perform in SW19. The standard of music making on this opening night was second to none, and the quality matched that of some of London’s biggest venues.
2012Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:34:27+00:002012-11-13Billie Hylton reviews works by Purcell including Dido and Aeneas at St John’s Church, at the opening of the International Wimbledon Music FestivalJubilant celebrations of Purcell in Wimbledonen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-wimbledon-festival-2012-didoBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngBillie Hyltonhttps://bachtrack.com/files/1918-c02ebfa3_140a_4964_a4c7_2395aaab3ff7.jpg400400Susan Bickley Julie Kim2012-Nov-10, St John the Baptist Church, Wimbledon: A Purcell Pageanthttps://bachtrack.com/listing-wimbledon-festival-2012-dido2012-11-102012-11-10St John the Baptist Church, WimbledonLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomSW19 4NZSpencer Hill51.420376013342-0.216282606124878http://www.wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/events_wk1.html?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/11859-iwmf_logo.png5
Raymond Gubbay Ltd loads the grey interregnum between Christmas and New Year at the Barbican with sundry spectacular delights, such as The Last Night of the Christmas Proms, The Sound of Musicals, Movie Music Classics, and building to the great climax of A Viennese New Year’s Eve Gala. In the midst of this extravaganza stands the Beethoven’s Ninth concert.
2011Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:22:21+00:002011-12-31Ken Ward reviews the RPO playing Beethoven at the Barbican with Alexandra Dariescu and Christopher Warren Green.Raymond Gubbay presents Beethoven's Ninth: Christmas at the Barbicanen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-rpo-alexandra-dariescu-christopher-warren-green-raymond-gubbay-beethoven-emperor-concerto-choral-symphonyBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngKen Wardhttps://bachtrack.com/files/926-christopher_warren_green__by_miel_peters.jpg400400Christopher Warren Green, Miel Peters2011-Dec-29, Barbican Hall: Royal Philharmonichttps://bachtrack.com/listing-rpo-alexandra-dariescu-christopher-warren-green-raymond-gubbay-beethoven-emperor-concerto-choral-symphony2011-12-292011-12-29Barbican HallLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomEC2Y 8DSSilk Street51.519879294526-0.091710090637207
Originally penned by Joseph Conrad in 1903, Heart of Darkness deals with the deepest, most dangerous misunderstandings between human beings. Set during the era of imperialism, ship’s captain Charlie Marlow relates to his London dockyard comrades a disconcerting tale of a journey to the heart of an African jungle.
2011Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:21:09+00:002011-11-08s thought-provoking and successful as any adaption of Conrad’s densely symbolic frame-narrative can be.Heart of Darkness | Royal Opera Houseen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-heart-of-darkness-opera-east-linbury-studioBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngKaty S. Austinhttps://bachtrack.com/files/807-the_cast_of_heart_of_darkness__catherine_ashmore__4.jpg400325 Catherine Ashmore2011-Nov-04, Royal Opera House: Linbury Studio Theatre: Heart of Darknesshttps://bachtrack.com/listing-heart-of-darkness-opera-east-linbury-studio2011-11-042011-11-04Royal Opera House: Linbury Studio TheatreLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC2E 9DDBow Street
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