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Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

Gerald (Gerry) Malone, a Scottish lawyer, was a UK politician from 1983 to 1997 – MP for Aberdeen South (83-87), then Winchester (92 – 97); Deputy Chairman, Conservative Party 92 – 94; Minister of State for Health 94 - 97. Also: Scottish Editor, The Sunday Times and BBC presenter (88 -91). Now, independent director, financial services, healthcare, software and energy companies in Britain and the USA. Director of Mutual Fund Directors Forum, Washington DC, Metropolitan Opera Club New York. Opera critic.
Still from Ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych's opera-ballet When the Fern Blooms finally premiered at the Lviv National Opera

That Was The (Opera) Year That Was 

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

The pandemic forced the opera world to adapt and innovate. Have the changes been for the better or for worse?

Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role of Puccini's "Tosca." Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera

Tosca at the Met review – Sharp, breathtakingly engaging and freshly relevant

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

Puccini’s “Tosca”, brought to life by the Metropolitan Opera, is a sumptuous feast for the eyes and ears.

Erin Morley as Eurydice, Joshua Hopkins as Orpheus and Jakub Józef Orliński as Orpheus's Double in a scene from Act II of Matthew Aucoin's "Eurydice."

Eurydice review – a hell-raising opera and a missing composer

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

Eurydice is wunderkind Matthew Aucoin’s fifth opera.

Christine Goerke as Turandot and Yusif Eyvazov as CalĂ f in Puccini's "Turandot."

Sorry cancel culture you can’t claim Puccini’s Turandot

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

The New York Times has called for the cancellation of Puccini’s Turandot, forgetting that much of opera is based on creative fiction.

Charles Castronovo as Rodolfo, Anita Hartig as Mimì, Alexander Birch Elliott as Schaunard, Nicholas Brownlee as Colline, and Artur Ruciński as Marcello in Puccini's "La Bohème."

La Bohème brings Manhattan back to life

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

New York, slumbering for 18 Covid-stricken months, is reawakening to the tune of the Metropolitan Opera’s La Bohème.

Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan as members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus make a visit to the institute in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on February 3, 2021. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Viral review – was Covid-19 created in a lab?

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Books

“Viral” gives the reader an unexpected insight into ill-regulated laboratories.

Partenope at the Teatro Real

PartĂ©nope at Teatro Real opera review – Handel’s score fizzed and popped like the best champagne

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

Written in 1730, Handel’s first comic opera follows the story of four rival suitors in pursuit of Queen Partenope’s affection.

Der Zwerg opera

Der Zwerg at the Dutch National Opera review — a timely tribute to its troubled composer

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

The composer Alexander von Zemlinsky bares his soul in this brave opera about identity, rejection and recognition.

Edmea stage set at Wexford Festival Opera

Wexford Festival Opera is back – with a Shakespearean twist

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

The sleepy town of Wexford has awoken for the return of its annual opera festival.

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