Funeral fun with Franui at the Holland Festival

By Jenny Camilleri, 22 June 2017

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“Despite their folky, rosy-cheeked sound, Franui’s playing was polished and precisely timed”

Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 21 June 2017

Works by Schubert

Works by Schumann

Works by Brahms

Works by Mahler

Works by Purcell

Musicbanda Franui

Florian Boesch, Baritone

Jonas Dahlberg, Video

Let the river answer: Die schöne Müllerin reinvented in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 26th May

After an idea of baritone Florian Boesch and director Nikolaus Habjan, the Musicbanda Franui recomposes Schubert for a staged performance at Berlin's Staatsoper, opening up new perspectives into the interpretation of the well-known song cycle.

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Franui in Salzburg

Christine Arnold, 12th May

Aus Dichterliebe mach' Tuba-Solo: eine erfrischend andere Hommage an Robert Schumann.

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Rossini zum Abheben schön: La gazza ladra am MusikTheater an der Wien

Norman Schwarze, 18th November

Tobias Kratzer überzeugt mit einer realitätsnahen und beschwingten Inszenierung von La gazza ladra am MusikTheater an der Wien.

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Tanti auguri, Verdi! Macbeth en el Liceu de Barcelona

Miquel Martínez, 10th October

Se presenta en el Liceu Macbeth en la fantástica producción de Christof Loy, con un recuperado Tézier debutando en el papel de Macbeth y Serafin en el rol de la pérfida esposa. Una velada que sienta un buen inicio de temporada.

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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy

Mengguang Huang, 23rd January

Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.

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Love's loss lamented: Boesch and Martineau in Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 15th August

A traditional Lieder programme at the Edinburgh International Festival brings songs concerned with love, celebrating its joys but more often lamenting its loss and its pains.

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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.