Opera & stage

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Opera & Stage

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*Agamemnon; Symphonies Nos 6 ‘Sinfonia

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BBC Music Magazine

17 April 2025

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Bonfire of the vanities

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An irresistible slice of 18th-century fun

Platée Mathias Vidal, Zachary Wilder (tenor), Marie Lys (soprano) et al; La Chapelle Harmonique/ Valentin Tournet Versailles CVS153 137:47 mins (2CD) Imagine a Monty Python sendup of tragédie lyrique

The TLS

Nothing is really hidden

A Chekhovian opera from Colin Matthews and William Boyd

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Precision and panache in tenebrae’s atmospheric set

Works by RR Bennett, Holst, Tavener, Cecilia McDowall, Francis Pott, Caroline Shaw et al Tenebrae/Nigel Short Signum Classics SIGCD880 80:45 mins Nigel Short’s experience as a King’s Singer has rubbed

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Inspired performances of györgy kurtág miniatures

Kafka Fragments Susan Narucki (soprano), Curtis Macomber (violin) Avie AV2760 54:30 mins In the July issue we praised pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s inspired performance of György Kurtág’s Játékok mi

The Week UK

Drama & music

Musical: Hercules Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London ...

The Critic

Bonfire of the vanities

● FINGERS ON BUZZERS ... TIME FOR this ...

BBC Music Magazine

An irresistible slice of 18th-century fun

The TLS

Nothing is really hidden

A Chekhovian opera from Colin Matthews and William Boyd

BBC Music Magazine