Flórez's love songs captures Dublin hearts

By Andrew Larkin, 27 October 2014

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Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 25 October 2014

Bizet, Carmen: Prelude to Act 1

Bizet, La jolie fille de Perth (A la voix d’un amant fidèle)

Adam, Le Toréador (Overture)

Delibes, Lakmé (Prendre le dessin d’un bijou... Fantaisie aux divins mensonges)

Bizet, L'Arlésienne, Suite no. 2: Farandole

Massenet, Werther: O Nature, pleine de grâce

Massenet, Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller?

Donizetti, La Favorite (Un ange, une femme inconnue; Overture)

Berlioz, Les Troyens (The Trojans) (O blonde Cérès; Act II Ballet)

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: L'amour! - Ah! lève-toi, soleil!

Offenbach, La Belle Hélène (Au Mont Ida trois Déesses)

Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor

RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Sebastiano Rolli, Conductor

Vivaldi's Four Seasons as he never heard it delights Dublin

Michael Roddy, 16th August

Max Richter's Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons is performed by the Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

***11

Irish National Opera's entertaining Carmen is a hit in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 7th March

Paul Curran's production of Carmen is entertaining and slick, with Paula Murrihy as a feisty heroine.

***11

Celine Byrne makes INO's Butterfly a memorable experience

Andrew Larkin, 24th March

Byrne is stunning in the title role while a strong cast of singers, orchestra, classic sets and dramatic acting make this a thoroughly enjoyable performance.

*****

Britten's War Requiem receives a searing performance in Dublin

Michael Roddy, 9th November

Ailish Tynan's powerful soprano soared above the massive forces of the choir in the thundering "Libera Me" – a wall of sound that blew the audience away.

*****

Closed doors, but a musically stunning Bluebeard's Castle

Pia Maltri, 12th October

Joshua Bloom and Paula Murrihy excel in Irish National Opera's staging of Bartók's opera, although director Enda Walsh takes too many liberties with the libretto.

****1

Don Giovanni in a new adaptation by Roddy Doyle

Pia Maltri, 29th September

Roddy Doyle's new translation is ingenious more often than incongruous; John Molloy's Leporello steals the show in the Opera Theatre's Don Giovanni.

***11

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.