| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2013 Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall | Stravinsky's Renard at The Rest is Noise with Barbara Hannigan and the London Sinfonietta |
Venturing into the Paris of the 1910s and 1920s, the Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise festival continues its journey through a brambly thicket of 20th-century music. Sunday’s programme focused on the output of Igor Stravinsky, the Russian composer who famously engendered riotous uproar at the Paris Opera House in 1913 with his savage ballet Le sacre du printemps. Yet 100 years after this momentous event, Stravinsky’s music still holds surprises in store for us.Read full review... | |
| 17-Oct-2012 The London Coliseum | Rufus Norris' Don Giovanni returns to ENO |
Three years ago, John Berry, ENO’s Artistic Director, invited acclaimed theatre director Rufus Norris to reinvent Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Unfortunately, it was not much of a success, and was panned by critics. This year, the production has returned to ENO, with some changes, albeit none that are particularly remarkable.
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