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Saturday, 22 February 2020
The focal point of Maria Stuarda, Gaetano Donizetti’s opera premiered at la Scala, Milan, in 1835, is the exchange between …
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 15 February 2020
The Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux dominates its surroundings. So it should. It has stood majestically, as the link between the …
Continue reading "Opera review – Rubinstein’s Le Démon at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 8 February 2020
“But, it’s newer on the inside than on the outside!” Dr Who fans will get the riff on the Tardis …
Continue reading "To call TWA JFK a luxury hotel would be an insult – it’s pure genius"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 25 January 2020
The production of Alban Berg’s opera, Wozzeck, playing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, is sensational, mind-bending, ground-breaking. As ground-breaking as …
Continue reading "Berg’s Wozzeck at the Met – sensational, mind-bending, ground-breaking"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 18 January 2020
My lunch companion pulled two Israeli IWI Jericho 541 handguns from his briefcase and plonked them on the bench. “What …
Continue reading "Opera review: Pushkin, Ukraine and the magic squirrel"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 11 January 2020
Santa’s right arm drew back, then delivered a powerful haymaker between Rudolph’s antlers. The festive pair, locked in sudden unseasonal …
Continue reading "Why Handel’s Messiah never goes out of fashion"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 21 December 2019
Last Saturday I heard Lise Davidsen, the 32-year-old Norwegian lyric-dramatic soprano, sing her debut role at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, …
Continue reading "All hail Lise Davidsen, the new Queen of the Met"
By Gerald Malone
Friday, 20 December 2019
Michael Bloomberg was the highly successful Stop and Frisk Mayor of New York for twelve years. Murder fell 50% on …
Continue reading "Bloomberg could save the Democrats – will they flunk it?"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 14 December 2019
San Francisco Opera’s Christmas offering, Englebert Humperdinck’s 1893 Hansel and Gretel, ain’t no traditional fairy tale. This co-production with the …
Continue reading "This ain’t no fairy tale"
By Gerald Malone
