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Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Weekend

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.
Norma – Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma at the Met – bravissimo!

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Weekend

Long, narrative melodies start, move up, curl back for a few notes, rise again, turn in on themselves, flowing like rivers of beautiful sound to their long conclusion.

Verdi's Falstaff at The Met.

Verdi’s Falstaff at the Met delivers the lulz

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Weekend

Is Falstaff a casual, end of career “farewell tour” simply to prove the critics who claimed Verdi could not write comedy wrong? Far from it.

Wagner’s Lohengrin

Wagner’s Lohengrin at the Met goes far beyond the famous swan

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

The score of Lohengrin is a supreme achievement, staking out the territory for Romantic music to follow.

Opera House in Paris, France.

Camille Claudel: Into the Fire of a Paris performance

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Weekend

Americans in Paris! It was Yankee takeover night at Radio France’s fabulous Seine-side concert hall.

The Rhinegold from English National Opera

The Rhinegold: Wagner’s masterpiece, with added bling

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

Director Richard Jones remodels the familiar, fine-tuning to modern times.

Teatro Real, Madrid. (via Matt Trommer/ Shutterstock)

Achille in Sciro: gender swapping is all the rage in Venetian opera plots

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

The Teatro Real team has polished something of a jewel that sheds fascinating light on Spanish court opera of the 18th century.

Verdi's Falstaff (via B.O'Kane / Alamy)

Maestro Joseph Colaneri is a Giuseppe Verdi addict

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Weekend

Glimmerglass, the opera festival directed by Colaneri, is a musical Hogwarts.

Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark, where you can watch La traviata, an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

Copenhagen Opera House is an architectural wonder

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

Czech stage director David Radok is familiar with the venue, meaning La Traviata exploited the building’s dimensions to the full.

Francis Poulenc's opera "Dialogues des Carmelites"

Poulenc’s 1957 masterpiece stands the test of time      

Gerald MaloneGerald Malone | Culture

Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites may be grounded in French revolutionary terror but its tragic themes still resonate today.

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