| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2013 Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House | The Met live in HD at the Barbican: Maria Stuarda |
 It was with great curiosity that I set off for the Barbican on Saturday night. I’ve never been to see an opera in the cinema before – I don’t think I’ve even sat through a pre-recorded film of an opera for many years, as I am a great fan of the “real thing”: opera performed live on stage. And yet I was extremely keen to find out what an opera filmed live, in front of a packed audience, and broadcast around the world was like, so off I went!Read full review... | |
| 15-Dec-2011 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Messiaen and Bach at Carnegie Hall |
 Robert Spano conducted the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus in an ambitious concert in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. The results were as mixed as the programming, which featured J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 and Magnificat, alongside Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine.
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| 22-Oct-2011 Glyndebourne Opera House | Glyndebourne's Rinaldo on Tour |
 Glyndebourne has a great track record with staging Handel’s works. In recent years, there have been great productions of Theodora, Rodelinda and Giulio Cesare, all of which have proved equally popular at subsequent revival and Glyndebourne on Tour (GTO) productions as well. This year, at the festival and now on tour, Glyndebourne staged a new production of Handel’s Rinaldo, his first opera for the London stage which excited audiences exactly three hundred years ago.
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