SP_Morgan
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Journalist. Music and opera glutton.
An operatic rarity tonight in Lille
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
An operatic rarity tonight in Lille
Allan Clayton stunning as Peter Grimes in Frankfurt. I’d forgotten how good Keith Warner’s staging is. Great ensemble as always and Guggeis very convincing in the pit.
September 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Allan Clayton stunning as Peter Grimes in Frankfurt. I’d forgotten how good Keith Warner’s staging is. Great ensemble as always and Guggeis very convincing in the pit.
Musically excellent with superb cast. Orchestra hugely impressive. Even more satisfying than the recent production in Frankfurt. Andrea Breth’s staging is intelligent and intriguîng.
July 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Musically excellent with superb cast. Orchestra hugely impressive. Even more satisfying than the recent production in Frankfurt. Andrea Breth’s staging is intelligent and intriguîng.
Surprisingly, Pénélope wasn‘t staged by any French house during the centenary of Fauré’s death last year. Thankfully, Munich is staging it this year to mark the 150th anniversary of the Opernfestspiele
July 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Surprisingly, Pénélope wasn‘t staged by any French house during the centenary of Fauré’s death last year. Thankfully, Munich is staging it this year to mark the 150th anniversary of the Opernfestspiele
And here are the still-empty seats for Parsifal on August 26.
May 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
And here are the still-empty seats for Parsifal on August 26.
The days when there was a 10-year waiting list for tickets to Bayreuth are long gone. These are the as-yet unsold seats for Siegfried on July 29…
April 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The days when there was a 10-year waiting list for tickets to Bayreuth are long gone. These are the as-yet unsold seats for Siegfried on July 29…
A curate’s egg of a piece, a curious mixture of elements of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Some surprisingly satisfying moments musically, weighed down by a pompous, indigestible text. Well sung and played. Entirely vacuous staging. #Sigurd #Reyer #OpéradeMarseille
April 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A curate’s egg of a piece, a curious mixture of elements of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Some surprisingly satisfying moments musically, weighed down by a pompous, indigestible text. Well sung and played. Entirely vacuous staging. #Sigurd #Reyer #OpéradeMarseille
Back in Frankfurt for some Janáček
March 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Back in Frankfurt for some Janáček
This afternoon’s entertainment in Sceaux
March 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This afternoon’s entertainment in Sceaux
Huw Montague-Rendall cancelled the second performance of Pelléas et Mélisande at Bastille
March 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Huw Montague-Rendall cancelled the second performance of Pelléas et Mélisande at Bastille
One of the greats. Flott at the Athénée
March 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
One of the greats. Flott at the Athénée
Excellent staging of Guercœur by David Hermann at Oper Frankfurt, convincingly sung and played. Well worth the trip
March 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Excellent staging of Guercœur by David Hermann at Oper Frankfurt, convincingly sung and played. Well worth the trip
Back in Frankfurt for my second production of Guercœur after last year’s staging in Strasbourg
March 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Back in Frankfurt for my second production of Guercœur after last year’s staging in Strasbourg
Tonight Pelléas et Mélisande in a new staging by Wajdi Mouawad at Opéra de Paris
February 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Tonight Pelléas et Mélisande in a new staging by Wajdi Mouawad at Opéra de Paris
The dernière of Castor et Pollux
February 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The dernière of Castor et Pollux
Ahead of next week’s new production of Pelléas et Mélisande at Opéra de Paris, a Maeterlinck double-bill at Comédie Française
February 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ahead of next week’s new production of Pelléas et Mélisande at Opéra de Paris, a Maeterlinck double-bill at Comédie Française
At Opéra Comique for some Cherubini
February 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
At Opéra Comique for some Cherubini
TCE (Théâtre des Champs Élysées) in Paris is quitting X
February 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
TCE (Théâtre des Champs Élysées) in Paris is quitting X
Last minute cast change
January 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Last minute cast change
Tonight in Liège for, hopefully, some better Wagner than yesterday‘s débâcle in Paris
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tonight in Liège for, hopefully, some better Wagner than yesterday‘s débâcle in Paris
Largely an incoherent mess. Paris has waited 5 years for this, really? Vocally largely undercast, in a couple of cases woefully miscast. Intermittentingly interesting conducting.. Tellingly Bieito didn‘t show up for the curtain calls. Very underwhelming evening. #Rheingold #OpéradeParis
January 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Largely an incoherent mess. Paris has waited 5 years for this, really? Vocally largely undercast, in a couple of cases woefully miscast. Intermittentingly interesting conducting.. Tellingly Bieito didn‘t show up for the curtain calls. Very underwhelming evening. #Rheingold #OpéradeParis
Vorbildlich mit 6 Harfen
January 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Vorbildlich mit 6 Harfen
First glimpses of Rheingold, opening at Bastille tonight, the first instalment of Bieito‘s staging, that should‘ve premièred in 2020 but was postponed because of Covid
January 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
First glimpses of Rheingold, opening at Bastille tonight, the first instalment of Bieito‘s staging, that should‘ve premièred in 2020 but was postponed because of Covid