Colin Clarke – Page 24 – Seen and Heard International

AAM’s The Seasons at the Barbican was a supreme affirmation of Haydn’s masterpiece

06/10/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Haydn, The Seasons, Hob. XXI:3 (sung in English, translation McCreesh): Rachel Nichols (soprano, Hannah), Benjamin Hulett (tenor, Lucas), Jonathan Lemalu (bass, Simon), Nina Dunn Studio (video and projection design), Martin Parr (staging director), Academy of Ancient Music Chorus and Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (conductor). Barbican Centre, London, 4.10.2022. (CC)

Rachel Nichols (Hannah), Jonathan Lemalu (Simon) and Benjamin Hulett (Lucas) © Mark Allan

Twists and tweaks abound in Christof Loy’s new well cast Tosca for ENO

05/10/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca (sung in English, translated by Edmund Tracey): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Leo Hussain (conductor). London Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane, 30.9.2022. (CC)

Adam Smith (Cavaradossi) © Genevieve Girling

Superb Wigmore Hall concert – educational and viscerally exciting – celebrates 25 years of The Mozartists

28/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mozart’s Czech Mates – Vanhal, Gluck, Mozart, Mysliveček, G. A. Benda, Kozeluch: Chiara Skerath (soprano), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.9.2022. (CC)

Claudia Skerath, Ian Page and The Mozartists previously at the Wigmore Hall

Lots to celebrate musically, but Carsen’s Aida production at Covent Garden will split critical opinion

27/09/202227/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 25.10.2022. (CC)

Agnieszka Rehlis (Amneris) and Elena Stikhina (Aida) © Tristram Kenton

Ólafsson shines in John Adams but Anna Clyne and Mahler from Rouvali and the Philharmonia disappoints

24/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Anna Clyne, Adams, Mahler: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.9.2022. (CC)

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali © Mark Allan

Tom Koopman brings his this wealth of Bach knowledge to Wigmore Hall

13/12/202222/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Bach: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman (director / harpsichord). Wigmore Hall, 18.9.2022. (CC)

Tom Koopman at the Wigmore Hall © Richard Cannon

Le Concert Spirituel’s Wigmore Hall concert was fascinating and touching in equal measure

13/12/202221/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Fauré Requiem, & works by Dubois, Saint-Saëns, Gounod, Delibes and Guilmant: Le Concert Spirituel / Hervé Niquet (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 17.9.2022. (CC)

Le Concert Spirituel’s Faure Requiem at the Wigmore Hall

Puccini’s genius shines through in the Royal Opera’s latest Madama Butterfly revival at Covent Garden

13/12/202221/09/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 17.9.2022 (CC)

Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton) in *Madama Butterfly* © Tristram Kenton

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