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Verdi Choruses (Teatro alla Scala)

In 1994, when Riccardo Muti was inducted into the Cavalieri di Verdi by Parma’s prestigious Club dei 27, he noted...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2023

TAFRESHIPOUR The Doll Behind the Curtain

The Doll Behind the Curtain, a two act, 70-minute chamber opera by Danish-Iranian composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour, was first seen...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2023

BOLOGNE SAINT-GEORGES L’amant Anonyme

The life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is the stuff of which films are made. Born in 1745, his...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 04/2023

MASCAGNI L'amico Fritz (Frizza)

This will come as a novelty to many people. Friend Fritz has been successfully revived in London by Opera Holland...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2023

LORTZING Der Waffenschmied (The Armorer of Worms)

Pity Albert Lortzing. Sacked from his theatre post in Leipzig, he re-established himself in Vienna only to be forced out...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2023

A Watchful Gaze

Hot on the heels of The Sixteen’s acclaimed recording with Fretwork of the Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (11/22) comes a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2023

Julia Bullock: Walking in the Dark

Julia Bullock may have decided to call the album ‘Walking in the Dark’ but the soprano’s musical prowess, interpretative skills...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 04/2023

Traces

In an era of chunk able, bitesize, hyperlinked, free-associative streaming, it’s lovely to come across a proper recital. The individual...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2023

Susan Narucki: This Island

‘This Island’ began as a literary odyssey by soprano Susan Narucki, yielding significant musical discoveries in songs by mostly unknown...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 04/2023

Reforming Hymns

Listening to this recital I am reminded of a garbled quotation misattributed to Paul Klee, describing drawing as ‘taking a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2023

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