Lyrical singing

Apr 8, 20152 min read

I HEARD YOU SINGING

The Rosenblatt series presented tonight a very English recital: tenor Ben Johnson and pianist James Baillieu performed a programme full...

Feb 10, 20153 min read

SAIMIR PIRGU, THE SILVER HORN

He has sung with Gheorghiu, Domingo and DiDonato; he has starred in the Met, La Scala and the Royal Opera House; he is one of the most...

Nov 9, 20143 min read

CRISTINA, REGINA DI SVEZIA

David Beck’s portrait of Christina, Queen of Sweden Every opera composer would like to think that their works will keep being performed...

Sep 24, 20142 min read

THE BRAVE SLACKLINER

Brave, passionate and very talented. This was London’s first impression of the stratospheric tenor Javier Camarena, in one of the...

Aug 24, 20142 min read

A TASTE OF THE PROMS

I was invited last night to that big musical festival of classical music that is the BBC Proms: thousands of people fill up the Royal...

Jul 15, 20133 min read

TOSCA E SCARPIA – I WISH GOD EXISTS

It had been long since I last cried watching an opera. Today the traditional, consistent production of the Royal Opera House (Covent...

Jul 6, 20131 min read

LIEBESTOD

July 6, 2013 If Wagner had heard Birgit Nilsson singing Isolde’s Liebestod (Death for love), he wouldn’t have allowed any other soprano...

Jun 2, 20134 min read

ROH vs COG

Mario Sofroniou and Jorge Navarro Colorado, about to sing under Gianluca Marcianò with the Chelsea Opera Group at the Queen Elizabeth...

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