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Well-matured ham
It’s great to see the increasingly fervent Twitter commendations for Andrea Chénier at Covent Garden as the run reached its climax with the last night on 6 February. Ladies & gentlemen, THAT was...
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L’Ormindo
There can hardly be a greater contrast between The Mastersingers of Nuremberg at English National Opera, which I’m about to head out to, and L’Ormindo performed in the warm intimacy of the Sam...
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Masterful Mastersingers
Woodcut of Nuremberg from the Nuremberg Chronicle [Wikimedia Commons Public Domain]Anyone coming afresh to the superlative performance of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg at the Coliseum last night would...
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Quick catch-up…
It’s been a hectic old time the last few weeks, so capturing thoughts on performances has rather got forgotten. They’ve been a diverse bunch as well. So, in brief: Rise & Fall of the City of...
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Uneasy lies the head…
Duomo, Cattedrale di S. Maria del Fiore, Firenze; Georgio Vasari (detail) Photo: Mark Tyson It’s a tricky one, don’t you find? When you’re struggling to maintain your grasp on regal power because the...
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Bye bye Bohème
Rooftops of Paris [(c) Mark Tyson]So, it begins: the last run of Covent Garden’s production of La Bohème by John Copley, originally premiered during the period of electricity cuts and the 3-day week in...
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The Dame, well-piqued
Last Saturday we caught the opening night of English National Opera’s new production of The Queen of Spades. Not entirely a success, albeit with flashes of magnificence. Most of the problem was David...
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Tell me more…
Tell’s famous shooting of the apple on Jemmy’s head was a brilliantly realised theatrical trick. [Creative Commons: Abhijit Tembhekar]Having seen it at Sunday’s matinee, my thoughts about the Royal...
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Still here…
…but gone a bit quiet on the blogging front. And that is despite some wonderful things to write about: the tremendous Bruckner 7 from Haitink and the LSO; Orphée et Eurydice in an inventive staging at...
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Oh, Carmen!
(c) Mark Tyson It is entirely possible that I was just not in the right mood last night, but I have to say that my spirits were not enlivened by the Royal Opera’s performance of Carmen. Having seen...
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