The English Concert: Theodora at Carnegie Hall

Par David Allen, 04 février 2014

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Critique faite à Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York, le 2 février 2014

Haendel, Theodora (Concert Performance)

The English Concert

Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano

Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano

David Daniels, Contre-ténor

Andrew Kennedy, Ténor

Neal Davies, Basse

Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street

Julian Wachner, Direction musicale

Ariodante sans Carsen pour sa première au Palais Garnier

Georgiana Hatara, 20th April

La production a connu une première à l'arrière-goût d'inachevé, un préavis de grève ayant transformé la nouvelle production de Robert Carsen en version de concert – non sans qualités cependant.

***11

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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David Allen

David is a PhD student at Columbia University, where he studies international history. A lapsed pianist and organist, he writes on concerts on both sides of the Atlantic, and blogs at Unpredictable Inevitability.

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