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Sweltering heat, Spanish passions: Ernani in concert

By Mark Pullinger, 04 July 2015
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“the Welsh tenor provided plenty of excitement and ringing top notes”
Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 3 July 2015
Programme
Verdi, Ernani
Performers
Chelsea Opera Group
Robin Newton, Conductor
Helena Dix, Elvira
Gwyn Hughes Jones, Ernani
Gerard Quinn, Don Carlo
Jihoon Kim, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva
Erica Eloff, Giovanna
Christopher Turner, Don Riccardo
Matthew Sprange, Jago
Chelsea Opera Group Chorus
Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra
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Mark Pullinger
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.