| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2013 Theater an der Wien | Radamisto at the Theater an der Wien: A bit fishy |
 When the Theater an der Wien’s in-house magazine featured an article about costumes created by none other than Christian Lacroix for this new production of Radamisto, I was intrigued by the pictures, but also a bit nonplussed by the idea that his gowns had been hand-painted in order to illustrate the different levels of Radamisto’s nightmare.Read full review... | |
| 31-Oct-2012 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | Belgium offers Paris a night of music and royalty |
 (c) A S Trebulak.jpg) As I made my way to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, a mass of photographers and guests dressed in their evening best waited eagerly by the front doors. Alas, this reception was not for me, but rather for the Prince and Princess of Belgium, the evening’s guests and the very reason behind the concert. In a bid to host the 2017 International Exposition, the concert was an opportunity for Belgium to bring some of its cultural highlights to Paris and demonstrate what it is capable of.Read full review... | |
| 4-May-2012 La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall | Bejun Mehta gives commanding performance as Orlando at La Monnaie |
 In Pierre Audi’s new production of Handel’s Orlando, currently running at La Monnaie in Brussels (until 12 May, and thereafter available free online on their website for three weeks), the knight Orlando is portrayed as a modern-day fireman who in his fascination with fire has become an arsonist – “pyromane” as Audi explains in the programme. I have to confess I spent the whole evening trying to come to terms with this concept and came out of the theatre still unconvinced.
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| 9-Sep-2011 Royal Albert Hall | Two composers for the price of one - Der Freischütz at the Proms |
 The overture to Der Freischütz is a familiar concert warm-up, but the opera itself is a rarer find these days. It wasn't always so. With over fifty performances in the eighteen months following its 1821 Berlin debut, Weber's spooky tale of souls traded for magic bullets was an instant hit. Its popularity in Paris was cemented by an early bowdlerised, Frenchified version which proved a huge influence on the young Berlioz, despite his reservations about the extensive changes made to pander to public taste.
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