by Web Editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Music
Outside the box Lucien Jenkins Despite the fact that the opera was largely written in the 1970s and intended for ENO, the WNO production of André Tchaikowsky’s Merchant of Venice is a UK premiere. It recycles Keith Warner’s production for the 2013 Bregenz Festival,... 
by Web Editor | Sep 14, 2017 | Music
Curtain Call Amanda Holloway Renée Fleming announced last year that Der Rosenkavalier would be her last appearance on the opera stage, but lately there has been a valedictory feel to her concerts too. The melancholy tone of her Prom with Sakari Oramo and the Royal... 
by Web Editor | Sep 14, 2017 | Music
Gentle Pleasures Amanda Holloway There’s nothing quite like the Vienna Philharmonic at full throttle in an expansive Romantic symphony such as Mahler’s Sixth, which they gave at the first of two Proms concerts, under the baton of Daniel Harding. But their second Proms... 