Ad Parnassum and L'Offerta Musicale di Venezia: Dido and Aeneas

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 28 September 2012

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 26 September 2012

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas

Maria-Lisa Geyer, Director

Roberto De Gregori, Choreography

Ad Parnassum

L'Offerta Musicale di Venezia

Miranda Heldt, Dido

Mark Spyropoulos, Aeneas

Naomi Kilby, Belinda

Krysia Mansfield, Sorceress

Rosie Lomas, Soprano

Aglaia Maria Mika, Mercury

Sebastian Charlesworth, Baritone

Zanetto and Gianni Schicchi: Opera Holland Park's Florentine Double Bill

Francesca Vella, 22nd June

After their Mascagni debut last year, with L’amico Fritz (the composer’s first post-Cavalleria opera), Opera Holland Park have set out to uncover more music from the so-called ‘one-hit-wonder’ – still known to most for his smash verismo opera alone.

***11

Energetic Currentzis and Utopia at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th May

From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing musicians, spatial acoustics and an emotional intensity that breathes new life into the concert life.

****1

Petr Popelka delivers a thrilling opening for Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 12th May

With Petr Popelka on the podium, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra brings a native feel and colorful exuberance to a cultural icon.

****1

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

Alexander Malofeev conjures sophistication at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 10th May

Sitting low on the piano stool and with his head gently bobbing from side to side, this is music to listen to on repeat.

****1

Era-defining string sound in the Liverpool Phil’s Mahler 9

Rohan Shotton, 10th May

Domingo Hindoyan nears his five-year anniversary at the RLPO with Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

****1

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.