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Month: March 2006
Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky Faces Demons in London `Onegin’
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Hercules at the Barbican ó Five Reviews
Hercules (HWV 60) was first performed on 5 January 1745 at King’s Theatre, Haymarket, London. Categorized as a drama, it traditionally has been performed in the oratorio style (i.e., a concert performance). Following its performance as an opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, this production by William Christie now appears at the Barbican in London. “This extraordinary opera recounts the tragic tale of a hero literally poisoned by the jealousy of his misguided wife. In this modern-dress production, punctuated by Greek references, the action takes place on a sand-covered, amphitheatre-style arena where the chorus is used as Handel originally intended, to embody the people of Trachis and comment on the action.” Here are five reviews.
Songs for Ariel
Of the countertenors coming to the fore in the generation following Alfred Deller, few, if any, have achieved the prominence or performance longevity of James Bowman.
The three tenors (act 2): opera’s next generation invade charts
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Polyeucte, Grand ThȂtre Massenet, Saint-Etienne
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TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker is one of the most popular ballets. Tchaikovskyís score alone is synonymous with Christmasóone can even say that it is what keeps this ballet alive.
MAHLER: Symphony no. 4
BERG: Sieben Fr¸he Lieder
A critical aspect of Mahlerís music is the way the composer often juxtaposed the familiar and the new, and this dichotomy is reflected strongly in his Fourth Symphony.