Death, dance and dirges with the City of London Sinfonia at The Rest is Noise

Par Renée Reitsma, 30 septembre 2013

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Critique faite à Queen Elizabeth Hall, Londres, le 27 septembre 2013

Britten, Sérénade pour ténor, cor et cordes, Op.31

Britten, Movements for a Clarinet Concerto

Copland, Concerto pour clarinette

Chostakovitch, Symphonie no. 14 en sol mineur, Op.135

Evelina Dobračeva, Soprano

Graeme Broadbent, Basse

Michael Collins, Direction, Clarinette

Ronan Busfield, Ténor

Stephen Stirling, Cor

City of London Sinfonia

Les Compositeurs émigrés au Spitalfields Music Summer Festival

Julie Jozwiak, 16th June

Pour la dernière soirée du Spitalfields Music Summer Festival, programme Haydn/J.C. Bach/Mozart/Haendel à Shoreditch Church, par le City of London Sinfonia et le chœur Polyphony dirigés par Stephen Layton : une clôture de festival réussie.

***11

Born to sing Lucia: Jennifer France shines at Opera Holland Park

Mark Valencia, 18th July

Cecilia Stinton’s new production of Lucia di Lammermoor doesn't necessarily make best use of OHP’s performance space, but the singers excel.

***11

Jonathan Dove’s Itch at Opera Holland Park

David Karlin, 3rd June

Simon Mayo’s Young Adult novels are turned into an operatic romp which explores the fascination of the elements with excellent music and setting, albeit riddled with plot lacunae.

****1

Doomed Dutchman wants a wife: Wagner makes Opera Holland Park debut

Eleanor Knight, 27th May

Amid the rough winds of late May, Julia Burbach directs Opera Holland Park's first venture into Wagner – The Flying Dutchman.

***11

The darker side of G&S: Yeomen of the Guard at Holland Park

David Karlin, 7th August

Some good singing performances can't overcome a dated feeling of Gilbert's humour: the evening improves as the storm clouds gather.

**111

Trapped in a vice: Il segreto di Susanna and Pagliacci at OHP

Dominic Lowe, 17th July

Joining OHP's 2019 production of Wolf-Ferrari's charming domestic comedy, a blazing new production of Pagliacci delivers everything that one could want from Leoncavallo's infamous opera.

*****

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Renée Reitsma

Renée lives in Essex and is a PhD student in Philosophy. She loves all sorts of classical and non-classical music, but has a particular love for Dmitri Shostakovich. She is in charge of the Heavy Symphonic playlist at Dutch classical music site 24classics and blogs here.