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A Neapolitan Affair: Christophe Rousset and Cimarosa

Paul Guest | Posted 08.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Domenico Cimarosa, Italy, Classical, Opera, Wigmore Hall, Haydn, Rameau., Teatrino Di Corte, Christophe Rousset, Music, Les Talens Lyriques, Rameau, Mozart, Naples, Home News
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Christophe Rousset, born in 1961, is one of the worlds leading baroque conductors. Growing up in Aix-en-Provence he realised his talent as a harpsic...

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Il prigioniero/Philharmonia; Wagner's Dream/BBCSO; Sarah-Jane Brandon/Classical Opera Company- review

Paul Guest | Posted 01.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Classical Music, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, Mozart, Sarah-Jane Brandon, Opera, Royal Festival Hall, Martyn Brabbins, Wigmore Hall, Andrew Staples, Classical Opera Company, Richard Wagner, Wagner's Dream, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ian Page., Jonathan Harvey, Claire Booth, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Home News
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A week of opera: The Philharmonia presented an interesting programme of Beethoven followed by Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero at the Royal Festival Hal...

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

Paul Guest | Posted 13.03.2012 | Home
Read More: Christian Curnyn, Elizabeth Challenger, The Wilmington Arms, Anne Chmelewsky, Hilary Summers, UK Culture, Barbican Hall, Classical, Opera, EDWARD ELGAR, Through the Looking Screen, Wigmore Hall, Thomas Ades, William Walton, London Symphony Orchestra, Clare Preland, Early Opera Company, Ed Lyon, Power Her Face, Sir Antonio Pappano, Claire Booth, Charpentier, Home News
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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.

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