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Saturday, 23 January 2021
Eight Songs for a Mad King, the musical monologue about King George III by composer, the late Sir Peter Maxwell …
Continue reading "Eight Songs for a Mad King review – an opera recommendation for Donald Trump"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 16 January 2021
Annilese Miskimmon, the no-nonsense artistic director of the English National Opera (ENO), hit the nail on the head when she …
Continue reading "Die Frau ohne Schatten review: an adaptation worthy of operatic treatment"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 9 January 2021
Depressed by another coronavirus lockdown? Behind the curve in the queue for the vaccine? Stuck in Category 17, with a …
Continue reading "English Touring Opera review – opera so bleak reality seems like bliss"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 19 December 2020
The coronation of Charles X of France in 1825 was choreographed meticulously. It set the seal of legitimacy on the …
Continue reading "Il viaggio a Reims review – Rossini at his satirical best"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 28 November 2020
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright’s career path to opera composer is hardly conventional. Pop star, songwriter, crystal meth addict, party partner (2 …
Continue reading "Rufus Wainwright’s unexpected Opera success: Prima Donna on Operavision"
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 21 November 2020
“You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance.” So said …
Continue reading "Opera review: The Ives Project – New Camerata Opera"
By Gerald Malone
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
“Oh, what a night”, as Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons sang of December 1963. Turns out the night of …
By Gerald Malone
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
“If you were entitled to vote in the American election, who would you vote for?”, came the question. “Donald Trump”, …
By Gerald Malone
Saturday, 31 October 2020
“You’re wearing a jacket and tie this time.” I was tail-tweaking Peter Gelb, General Manager of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, …
Continue reading "The Met bounces back with a ground-breaking 21/22 Season"
By Gerald Malone
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