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Tag Archives: Mozart

Just what the Philosopher ordered: Salieri’s La Grotta di Trofonio at Bampton

Salieri’s brisk, vibrant comedy is a hidden masterpiece, combining the perils of courtship with the 18th century’s burgeoning taste for crackpot science. Director and designer Jeremy Gray’s commitment to the score, the…

July 20, 2015 in Buffa, Opera.

The night belongs to Susanna: The Marriage of Figaro, Regents Opera

However many times you watch The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart’s near-mathematical perfection (in music and plot) can always strike you afresh. With Regents Opera, it is the brilliant interior architecture…

June 22, 2015 in Opera.

A fabulous Figaro from Fiona Shaw for English National Opera

Have you ever thought that the first few notes of Mozart’s overture to The Marriage of Figaro sound a little like a trapped bluebottle? Fiona Shaw has: and just as…

October 20, 2014 in Opera.

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