Reviews
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Best opera recordings of 2020
Francis Muzzu rounds up the ten best (and a couple of the worst…) opera CDs and DVDs released in 2020Read More -
Review: Mozart’s Requiem in concert at ENO
Mozart – Requiem English National Opera, London Coliseum November 2020 Panic, frustration, anger, a sense of helplessness – livingRead More -
Review: Wexford Festival Opera 2020
Wexford Festival Opera 2020: The Festival in the air Available to watch online Rosetta Cucchi is the artistic director ofRead More -
Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja – Live in Concert
Met Stars Live in Concert: Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy Available to watch online untilRead More -
Rattle ramps up the tension in LSO’s ‘safe’ Bluebeard
Bartók Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, LONDON Available on YouTube in the UK from 25 October forRead More -
Take an intimate tour around the enchanting home of an operatic legend
Chalet Monet: Inside the home of Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge. Text by Richard Bonynge. Foreword by MarilynRead More -
Male soprano Samuel Mariño releases his debut CD
Samuel Mariño: Care Pupille Arias by Handel and Gluck The young Venezuelan newcomer Samuel Mariño possesses an incrediblyRead More -
ROGER SCRUTON’S FINAL WORD ON PARSIFAL
Book Review: Wagner’s Parsifal: The Music of Redemption by Roger Scruton 208 pages, Allen Lane As one might expectRead More -
Opera Stars perform at home in Met Gala
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Met has launched a fundraising campaign, The Voice Must Be Heard, and mountedRead More -
CD Choice – Cav & Pag from Graz Opera
Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci Mascagni/Leoncavallo Oehms Classics OC987 ***** Bogged down is initially what I thought of a new recordingRead More