Power Her Face

LSO/Pappano; Through the Looking Screen; Early Opera Company/Wigmore Hall - review

Paul Guest | Posted 13.03.2012 | Home
Paul Guest

Ades' Dances from his 2003 opera 'Powder her Face' explored the LSO's versatility. Pappano wonderful accented every phrase he could with his full-bodied gestures guiding the well responsive orchestra through syncopated rhythms and heavy jazz.