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An impressionistic outlet for some of those thoughts, musical and otherwise, I don't have a chance to air in the media

Showing posts with label Gluck. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Gluck. Show all posts

Saturday, 30 November 2019

To Hades and back with Gluck's Orfeo

If you take Gluck's original 1764 score for Vienna, his Orfeo ed Euridice is one of the shortest and superficially the simplest thr...

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Myths and monsters: Opera in Depth 2019-20

The new season is upon us - at the Royal Opera, it's kicked off with two revivals of very flawed productions which may yield good sing...

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Don Giovanni: the beginning and the end

Or rather, after Mozart's Overture and before the survivors' final sextet. Aren't these two scenes - Donna Anna rushing o...

Saturday, 20 July 2013

Wie himmlische, nicht irdische

Sophie's wonder at the other-worldly Persian attar in Octavian's silver rose was mine on a very special occasion three days ago....

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