United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [1] – Clara and Robert Schumann, Brahms, Weill: Kate Royal (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Magnus Walker (tenor), Julius Drake, Eunji Han (pianists). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 14.10.2022. (CR)
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Instruments of Time and Truth’s bold Aci, Galatea e Polifemo had plenty of human interest
United Kingdom Handel, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo: Soloists, Instruments of Time and Truth / Christopher Bucknall (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 22.9.2022. (CR)
Tantalising sonic and visual atmosphere of Garsington’s The Turn of the Screw lingers intensely in the mind
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [4] – Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Philharmonia Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 15.7.2022. (CR)
New Chamber Opera’s charming recreation of Cimarosa’s appealing Le astuzie femminili
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)
John Cox’s Garsington Così focusses on the foibles of human nature and fragility of human relationships
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)
Orfeo explored with such dramatic coherence and realised so effectively at Garsington
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)
The Rameau Project’s Castor et Pollux evokes something of the composer’s authentic stagecraft
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
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)
