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Robert Beattie

Superb Playing and Singing from Opera North in Die Walküre

07/07/201601/07/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre:  Soloists, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (Conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.06.16. (RB)

Michael Weinus as Siegmund and Lee Bisset as Sieglinde;  Photo credit: Clive Barda.
Michael Weinus as Siegmund and Lee Bisset as Sieglinde;
Photo credit: Clive Barda.

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Glyndebourne Captures Earthiness of The Cunning Little Vixen

10/03/202330/06/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Glyndebourne, 25.6.2016. (RB)

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The Cunning Little Vixen (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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A Dazzling Recital by Benjamin Grosvenor

02/07/201629/06/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Chopin, Ravel, Liszt: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 24.6.2016. (RB)

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An Excellent Concert Version of Don Giovanni Played on Period Instruments

28/06/201620/06/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni:  Soloists, Orchestra of Classical Opera, Philharmonia Chorus, Ian Page (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 17.06.2016. (RB)

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A Probing, Highly Original Recital from Yevgeny Sudbin

23/06/201618/06/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scarlatti, Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 16.6.2016. (RB)

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Opera Holland Park Transports Imaginative La bohème to Tudor England

30/12/201716/06/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, City of London Sinfonia, Opera Holland Park Children’s Chorus and Chorus / Matthew Waldren (conductor), Opera Holland Park, London, 13.6.2016. (RB)

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Anna Patalong (Mimì) and Shaun Dixon (Rodolfo) (c) Robert Workman

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Daniil Trifonov’s Wigmore Hall Residency Ends with Awe-Inspiring Rachmaninov

16/06/201611/06/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Rachmaninov:  Daniil Trifonov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.6.2016 (RB)

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Superb Championship of Some Less Familiar Repertoire

16/06/201607/06/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Poulenc, Prokofiev, Wagner, Elgar: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Kasparas Uinskas (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 4.6.2016. (RB)

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