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Tag Archives: Hackney Empire

More smoke than fire: Die Walküre, Grimeborn

Grimeborn are following up their fantastic 2019 Das Rheingold (see my previous review) with Die Walküre this year. Moving to the gorgeous Hackney Empire, with the Orpheus Sinfonia comfortably ensconced in the pit, this production…

August 5, 2021 in Bühnenfestspiel, Fringe.

Something old, something new: Donizetti’s Pia de’ Tolomei, English Touring Opera

Pia de’ Tolomei premiered in Venice in February 1837 and, unbelievably, reached London in March 2016 – last week – a mere 179 years later. With laudable courage, English Touring…

March 14, 2016 in Bel canto, Opera.

Simple and emotive: English Touring Opera’s La bohème at Hackney Empire

Puccini’s great crowd-pleaser La bohème is more than familiar to audiences all over the world, but this tale of poverty-stricken love and death remains a compelling watch, whether you are…

March 16, 2015 in Opera.

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