Mark Pullinger
@larkingrumple.bsky.social
Music critic, editor, programme note writer. Happy to be ambushed by cake. Best when caffeinated.
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Amsterdamming…
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Amsterdamming…
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
Shipwrecked: Donizetti’s Il furioso nell’isola di San Domingo comes a cropper in Bergamo bachtrack.com/review-il-fu...
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, born in Bergamo and commemorated in the foyer of the Teatro Donizetti
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, born in Bergamo and commemorated in the foyer of the Teatro Donizetti
Il furioso nell’isola di S. Domingo at the Teatro Donizetti
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Il furioso nell’isola di S. Domingo at the Teatro Donizetti
Operatic farces flop but young singers impress in Donizetti double bill
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November 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Operatic farces flop but young singers impress in Donizetti double bill
bachtrack.com/review-campa...
bachtrack.com/review-campa...
Tonight’s entertainment…
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tonight’s entertainment…
A reconstruction of the dress worn by Caterina in Hayez’s painting, plus costumes from the 1844 premiere of the opera:
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A reconstruction of the dress worn by Caterina in Hayez’s painting, plus costumes from the 1844 premiere of the opera:
Whoops. Panna cotta, pistachio, dark chocolate…
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Whoops. Panna cotta, pistachio, dark chocolate…
And here’s that Francesco Hayez painting in the local Accademia Carrara:
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
And here’s that Francesco Hayez painting in the local Accademia Carrara:
November 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Bergamo audience greets director Francesco Micheli after opening night of Caterina Cornaro…
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Bergamo audience greets director Francesco Micheli after opening night of Caterina Cornaro…
Back in Bergamo again for the Donizetti Opera festival…
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Back in Bergamo again for the Donizetti Opera festival…
Legend: Agnes Baltsa 😍
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Legend: Agnes Baltsa 😍
Very smart choice: Agnes Baltsa awarded the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the International Opera Awards
at Greek National Opera 🇬🇷 🤩
at Greek National Opera 🇬🇷 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Very smart choice: Agnes Baltsa awarded the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the International Opera Awards
at Greek National Opera 🇬🇷 🤩
at Greek National Opera 🇬🇷 🤩
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
Who doesn’t enjoy a French postcard from Spain? Reviewing the @liverpoolphil.bsky.social’s latest on Onyx: www.gramophone.co.uk/review/chabr...
Juan Diego in Italia 😎
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Juan Diego in Italia 😎
Excellent interview by @kevinng.bsky.social with soprano Nadine Sierra on bel canto, new roles... and the Met Sonnambula that very nearly didn’t happen: bachtrack.com/interview-na...
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Excellent interview by @kevinng.bsky.social with soprano Nadine Sierra on bel canto, new roles... and the Met Sonnambula that very nearly didn’t happen: bachtrack.com/interview-na...
What a tremendous opera Respighi’s Lucrezia is… superbly staged and sung at @guildhallschool.bsky.social, especially Hannah McKay in the title role.
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What a tremendous opera Respighi’s Lucrezia is… superbly staged and sung at @guildhallschool.bsky.social, especially Hannah McKay in the title role.
Who says Haydn doesn’t sell? A packed @wigmore-hall.org.uk to see Il Giardino Armonico’s invigorating performances. Added bonus seeing Hilary Finch in the interval!
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Who says Haydn doesn’t sell? A packed @wigmore-hall.org.uk to see Il Giardino Armonico’s invigorating performances. Added bonus seeing Hilary Finch in the interval!
Haydn2032 comes to London: greatly looking forward to seeing Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico in Symphonies 44 and 52 @wigmore-hall.org.uk this evening www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Haydn2032 comes to London: greatly looking forward to seeing Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico in Symphonies 44 and 52 @wigmore-hall.org.uk this evening www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...
In the new issue of Opera Now, my Postcard from the Salzburg Festival www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/fe...
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In the new issue of Opera Now, my Postcard from the Salzburg Festival www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/fe...
In the Burggarten…
October 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
In the Burggarten…
Killing Carmen at the Volksoper… what a terrific show! 💃🏻
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Killing Carmen at the Volksoper… what a terrific show! 💃🏻
For today’s 200th anniversary of the “Waltz King” Johann Strauss II, Elisabeth and I selected a celebratory top ten playlist 🥂🍾
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October 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
For today’s 200th anniversary of the “Waltz King” Johann Strauss II, Elisabeth and I selected a celebratory top ten playlist 🥂🍾
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