La Resurrezione brings London Handel Festival to an uplifting close

Par Nahoko Gotoh, 20 avril 2022

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“the role of St John was sung by Ed Lyon with eloquence and lyricism”

Critique faite à St Martin-in-the-Fields, Londres, le 18 avril 2022

Haendel, La Résurrection

Laurence Cummings, Direction musicale

Rachel Redmond, Soprano

Nardus Williams, Soprano

Helen Charlston, Mezzo-soprano

Ed Lyon, Ténor

Callum Thorpe, Baryton-basse

London Handel Orchestra

A triumphant Esther from Cummings at London Handel Festival

Nick Boston, 14th March

A glorious Esther from Laurence Cummings and the London Handel Singers and Orchestra, with a classy line-up of soloists led by Nardus Williams and Tim Mead.

****1

Messiah: Reimagined at St George’s, Hanover Square... but not too much

Sandra Bowdler, 5th April

Handel’s Messiah is not too re-imagined, thankfully, with an almost Crystal Palace sized choir although not all singing at once!

****1

JPYA make a decent fist of Handel's Susanna in the Linbury Theatre

Mark Valencia, 5th March

The evening’s most unbuttoned applause was reserved for two native anglophone artists, countertenor Patrick Terry and bass-baritone Michael Mofidian.

***11

Berenice at the Linbury: Handel meets Gilbert and Sullivan

David Karlin, 27th March

Visual eye candy, excellent singing and superb Handelian playing by Laurence Cummings and the London Handel Orchestra are marred by poor diction and limited acting expressivity.

***11

Ariodante at the RCM: in which technique is not enough

David Karlin, 8th March

An impressive display of singing technique isn't enough to make RCM's Ariodante connect with hearts and minds.

**111

Lost in the woods: Handel's Giove in Argo

Charlotte Valori, 23rd March

A reconstruction of a long-lost opera by Handel gives some exciting young singers the chance to shine at the London Handel Festival, even if the plot might be better back in the mists of obscurity.

***11

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.