Curtis Rogers – Page 6 – Seen and Heard International

New Chamber Opera’s charming recreation of Cimarosa’s appealing Le astuzie femminili

05/07/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom New Chamber Opera – Cimarosa, Le astuzie femminili (Feminine Shrewdness): Soloists, The Band of Instruments / Steven Devine (conductor). New College, Oxford, 29.6.2022. (CR)

Opera in the Warden’s Garden at New College (c) New Chamber Opera

John Cox’s Garsington Così focusses on the foibles of human nature and fragility of human relationships

05/06/202204/06/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [2] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus and The English Concert / Tobias Ringborg (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 2.6.2022. (CR)

Gavan Ring (Ferrando), Polly Leech (Dorabella), Camilla Harris (Fiordiligi) and Seán Boylan (Guglielmo) (c) Julian Guidera

Orfeo explored with such dramatic coherence and realised so effectively at Garsington

02/06/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [1] – Monteverdi, Orfeo: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus & The English Concert / Laurence Cummings (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 1.6.2022. (CR)

Ed Lyon (Orfeo) and Zoe Drummond (Euridice) (c) Julian Guidera

The Rameau Project’s Castor et Pollux evokes something of the composer’s authentic stagecraft

08/09/202219/05/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Rameau, Castor et Pollux (1737 version): Soloists, Rameau Project Choir & Orchestra / Jonathan Williams (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 15.5.2022. (CR)

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra offers efficient support and instrumental colour to Bryn Terfel’s Wagner

08/09/202207/05/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Wagner, R. Strauss, Toby Anderson: Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Clara Dent (oboe), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos & John Traill (conductors). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 5.5.2022. (CR)

Subtlety and refinement from Florilegium’s Mozart at Passiontide in Oxford

09/04/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Mozart: Rowan Pierce (soprano), Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), James Oxley (tenor), Giles Underwood (bass), Choir of Merton College, Merton College Girl Choristers, Florilegium / Benjamin Nicholas (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 8.4.2022. (CR)

Eric McElroy’s Oxford recital was a stimulating compendium of piano music from the last 30 years

18/06/202210/03/2022 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Frederic Rzewski, Howard Skempton, Eric McElroy and Jacob Ter Veldhuis: Eric McElroy (piano). Magdalen College, Oxford, 8.3.2022. (CR)

Olivia Boen and Robin Tritschler complement each other in Oxford’s concert of bold and enriching contrast

27/10/2021 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [5] – Various, To the Distant Beloved: Olivia Boen (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Dylan Perez and Roger Vignoles (piano). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, 22.10.2021 (CR)

Robin Tritschler (tenor) and Roger Vignoles (piano)

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