Star factor: Lise Davidsen in recital at the Barbican

By Dominic Lowe, 12 February 2020

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“Davidsen has a gift for bringing narrative to life”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 10 February 2020

Brahms, Von ewiger Liebe (Of Everlasting Love), Op.43 no.1

Brahms, Liebestreu (Fidelity in Love), Op.3 no.1

Brahms, Da unten im Tale

Brahms, Mädchenlied (Girl's Song), Op.107 no.5

Brahms, Auf dem Kirchhofe (In the Churchyard), Op.105 no.4

Schumann, Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart (Poems of Mary Queen of Scots), for voice and piano, Op.135

Sibelius, Luonnotar, symphonic poem for soprano and orchestra, Op.70

Sibelius, Five songs, Op.37

Grieg, Zur Rosenzeit, Op.48 no.5

Grieg, Ein Traum Op.48 no. 6

Strauss R., Die Georgine, Op.10 no.4

Strauss R., Allerseelen (All Souls' Day), Op.10 no.8

Strauss R., Malven

Strauss R., Befreit (To set free), Op.39 no.4

Lise Davidsen, Soprano

James Baillieu, Piano

A spectacular swansong for the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival

Nick Boston, 10th August

A fitting farewell for Leif Ove Andsnes' Rosendal Chamber Music Festival: imaginative programming and excellent performances in an inspiring setting.

*****

Lise Davidsen triumphs in Met Opera recital

Susan Stempleski, 14th September

In her New York recital debut, the young Norwegian soprano displays the extent of her vocal and theatrical power in an unusually wide-ranging program of songs and opera arias.

*****

Maestri and Bayankina shine in last-minute Verbier opera gala

Elodie Olson-Coons, 20th July

In Verbier's Salle des Combins, despite the change of programme, Ambrogio Maestri and Maria Bayankina deliver stand-out performances.

****1

An exquisite recital from Allan Clayton and James Baillieu

Mark Valencia, 22nd June

Allan Clayton came to town and he brought his best voice with him.

*****

A Britten and Dowland winter warmer from Allan Clayton and friends

Mark Valencia, 4th January

The tenor man told Thomas Hardy’s familiar verses with such probing honesty that I heard newness in all of them.

*****

Superb Britten Gala opens Wigmore season

Roy Westbrook, 13th September

I wanted to hear more from Louise Alder, but that was true of each of the four singers.

*****

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.