Prom 74: An intense Verdi Requiem

By Dominic Lowe, 11 September 2016

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“tone alternating between religious purity and operatic splendour”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 9 September 2016

Verdi, Messa da Requiem

Tamara Wilson, Soprano

Alisa Kolosova, Mezzo-soprano

Dimitri Pittas, Tenor

Morris Robinson, Bass

BBC Proms Youth Choir

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Marin Alsop, Conductor

L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

Roy Westbrook, 14th June

One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio,

****1

Sir Simon Rattle and the OAE make Berlioz sound radically new

Andrew Larkin, 11th June

Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment deliver a revelatory all-Berlioz programme, crowned by a sensational Symphonie Fantastique of rare clarity, colour and imagination.

*****

Václav Luks and the OAE deliver operatic scale in Haydn’s Creation

Nick Boston, 27th May

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Václav Luks are joined by their own choir and strong soloists for a fresh and colourful performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung.

****1

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

Mixed Mozart from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Dominic Lowe, 26th February

A Mozart's of symphonies – his last – under conductor Robin Ticciati is capped with a fine Jupiter, but is let down by the performances of its two predecessors.

***11

John Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon

Roy Westbrook, 12th October

The Queen of Sheba is clearly in a hurry in this account of Handel's oratorio at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

*****

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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.

Prom 74: An intense Verdi Requiem from Marin Alsop