Brownlee and Spyres: so much more than vocal jousting

By Jenny Camilleri, 01 November 2018

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“made you forget that other voice types exist”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 31 October 2018

Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta, K366: Fuor del mar

Rossini, Zelmira: Terra amica, ove respira

Rossini, Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra: Deh! scusa i trasporti

Rossini, Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture

Bellini, Il pirata: Per te di vane lagrime

Verdi, I due Foscari: Dal più remoto esilio ... si lo sento iddio mi chiama

Rossini, Ricciardo e Zoraide: Donala questo core

Adam, Le Postillon de Lonjumeau: Mes amis écoutez l'histoire

Auber, La Muette de Portici: Du pauvre seul ami fidèle

Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de perles: Je crois entendre encore

Cherubini, Ali Baba ou Les quarante voleurs: Ce n'est donc fait

Thomas, Raymond: ouverture

Halévy, La Juive: Rachel, quand du seigneur

Rossini, Guillame Tell: Asile héréditaire

Rossini, Otello: Ah! Vieni nel tuo sangue

Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint

Residentie Orkest The Hague

Michael Balke, Conductor

Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor

Michael Spyres, Tenor

Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age

Clare Varney, 6th March

British singers Mary Bevan and Roderick Williams lead the cast in Dutch National Opera’s latest ground-breaking opera, merging live music with pre-recorded film and electronics.

****1

Residentie Orkest has a new story to tell at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 24th August

Artist-in-Residence Bomsori Kim joins Jun Märkl for a new chapter in the history of the Residentie Orkest, The Hague.

***11

Venables We Are the Lucky Ones is the time to be alive at DNO

Eleanor Knight, 22nd March

Inspired by Annie Ernaux’s The Years, Philip Venables’ new opera widens the canvas to take in the whole of Europe’s postwar generation.

*****

Current and consoling: Willem Jeths’ Ritratto in Amsterdam

Michael Klier, 7th October

After a seven month delay, Willem Jeths' new opera finally receives its long awaited world premiere in front of a live audience.

****1

A monolithic Nabucco at Dutch National Opera

Jenny Camilleri, 27th January

A promising cast on paper is scuppered by a banal, monotonous production and uninspired conducting.

**111

Bob Wilson's cool minimalist Butterfly is back in Amsterdam

Nicolas Nguyen, 23rd April

Robert Wilson's Madama Butterfly is back in Amsterdam starring rising star Elena Stikhina as the doomed Cio-Cio-San.

***11

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.

Brownlee and Spyres at the Concertgebouw: so much more than vocal jousting