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Mark Pullinger
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Music critic, editor, programme note writer. Happy to be ambushed by cake. Best when caffeinated.
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In the new issue of Opera Now, my Postcard from the Salzburg Festival www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/fe...
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Gustav Klimt portrait sale breaks modern art record www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
Gustav Klimt portrait sale breaks modern art record
The painting of Elisabeth Lederer, a patron’s daughter, was the ‘height of his artistry’ according to the auctioneer at Sotheby’s in New York
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November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Tchaikovsky put on trial: my Opera Now review of a thrilling Maid of Orleans in Amsterdam
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Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans at Dutch National Opera | Live Review
'A lot of love has clearly gone into preparing this production and it deserves the widest possible audience'
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November 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Cesare Siepi • Night And Day
YouTube video by J's World Of Opera
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November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Amsterdamming…
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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A packed Royal Festival Hall on a Monday? My review of the @philharmonialondon.bsky.social’s non-Kissin concert, in which Boris Giltburg stepped up to the plate:
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Boris Giltberg/Philharmonia review — a lot of piano bang for your buck
The Russian musician stepped in for Evgeny Kissin at the Royal Festival Hall, pairing Prokofiev’s Third and Rachmaninov’s Second
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November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The Barber of Foie Gras: Opera on a Plate, this week's The Essay on BBC Radio 3
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The Barber of Foie Gras — what Rossini liked to eat
A new Radio 3 series explores the food (and drink) habits of the great composers
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November 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Straight from Heathrow to the Festival Hall for a feast of Russian music... if not quite the Russian music (or the Russian pianist) originally scheduled by the Philharmonia!
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Shipwrecked: Donizetti’s Il furioso nell’isola di San Domingo comes a cropper in Bergamo bachtrack.com/review-il-fu...
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Hoping my luck continues today... 🍀

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November 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Gianandrea Gavazzeni, born in Bergamo and commemorated in the foyer of the Teatro Donizetti
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Il furioso nell’isola di S. Domingo at the Teatro Donizetti
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Operatic farces flop but young singers impress in Donizetti double bill
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November 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Tonight’s entertainment…
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Whoops. Panna cotta, pistachio, dark chocolate…
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Donizetti’s Caterina Cornaro given a controversial update in Bergamo

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November 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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The Bergamo audience greets director Francesco Micheli after opening night of Caterina Cornaro…
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Back in Bergamo again for the Donizetti Opera festival…
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Very smart choice: Agnes Baltsa awarded the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the International Opera Awards
at Greek National Opera 🇬🇷 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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If this comes off, it could be spectacular! Design unveiled for a new Hamburg opera house: www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
Siegerentwurf für neue Oper in Hamburg: Grüne Gärten auf
Ein spektakuläres Opernhaus mit grüner, begehbarer Dachlandschaft: So sieht der Siegerentwurf für die neue Oper in Hamburgs Hafencity aus. Baubeginn soll 2030 sein.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Ein Kolossal Katastrophe. Left at interval. This Damnation de Faust at TCE is by far the worst production I have seen in my life at the opera. Nothing to save, with Bernheim gone. And Van Horn needs to stop trying to play devils in French opera. He’s just not good and massacres the text. I’m angry.
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Tchaikovsky in miniature: my take on recent albums from Yunchan Lim and Daniil Trifonov
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Tchaikovsky in miniature: Yunchan Lim and Daniil Trifonov
From the heart-shredding Pathétique to the intensity of Pique Dame, it’s easy to associate Tchaikovsky with grand passions, music on the largest scale.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Tchaikovsky in miniature: my take on recent albums from Yunchan Lim and Daniil Trifonov
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Tchaikovsky in miniature: Yunchan Lim and Daniil Trifonov
From the heart-shredding Pathétique to the intensity of Pique Dame, it’s easy to associate Tchaikovsky with grand passions, music on the largest scale.
canzonetta.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Who doesn’t enjoy a French postcard from Spain? Reviewing the @liverpoolphil.bsky.social’s latest on Onyx: www.gramophone.co.uk/review/chabr...
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙

Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!

📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows four hippo statuettes made of Egytian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Their bright-blue shiny bodies are decorated in black with depictions of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts their marsh habitat as well as having various layers of symbolism associated with regeneration. For example lotus flowers open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It’s thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased. Hippo top left - Walking hippo shown in profile facing right. Height 11.5 cm, Length 21 cm. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Top right - Roaring hippo (looks like the hippo is smiling), seated, with head at left and turned inwards to front. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Bottom left - Standing hippo in profile facing right. This hippo is part of the Met Museum’s collections and is popularly known as ‘William’. Height 11.2 cm, Length 20 cm Bottom Right - Reclining hippo with head on the right, facing front, and tilted down. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM