Sir Thomas Allen: A singer of songs

By Mark Pullinger, 22 January 2019

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“Lieder singing and opera work hand in hand”

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

A singer of songs: Sir Thomas Allen reflects on a lifetime in Lieder