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...You don’t have to take the precise numbers seriously to be struck by the contrast....
...For those who don’t know, this is a Handel-ish number: a sequence of grandiose choral statements in English, French and German, set to militaristic horns and an orchestral crescendo....
...We don’t know who these people are, but they are out there and enjoy our music.” Handel for All has an initial five-year plan, though it will probably continue beyond that....
...Don’t miss the firework display for the finale....
...March 15; further information and tickets here April Performance ‘Don Giovanni’s Inferno’, Royal Danish Opera Composer Simon Steen-Andersen imagines Don Giovanni’s journey through the underworld after...
...Composed when Mozart was 14, Mitridate resembles a lesser Handel opera in its ancient setting and farrago of tortured love triangles — but with Mozart’s fizzingly youthful music to lift the spirits....
...Having made her debut at Paris Opéra in 1960, singing Amneris in Verdi’s Aida, Bumbry was soon attracting attention for her performances of Handel arias and lieder by Schubert and Brahms, in her home country...
...March 27 to July 1; further information here Performance ‘Don Quixote’, Opéra Bastille Rudolf Nureyev’s take on Marius Petipa’s choreography, which brought a distinctly Spanish flavour to the work....
...I don’t think there is any other art form in the world where minds meet so beautifully....
...To June 18, musikfestspiele.com Glyndebourne, UK The opening production, Mariame Clément’s new Don Giovanni, might have gained mixed reviews, but the rest of this year’s line-up looks sharp — a fresh production...
...So I think we don’t need to worry about some kind of inundation of state schools....
...’t, don’t, dooon’t, have, have, haaaave, capacityyyyyyy.”...
...“We don’t have the resources to keep it going forever,” Dorothy says frankly....
...“Monaco’s season is short [it runs to April], which means I don’t have to give up Salzburg,” she explains....
...these striking charts from the think-tank Merics show, traditional European internal combustion (IC) car exports to China, one of the reasons the German corporate establishment clung to the Wandel durch Handel...
...“A lot of them don’t even realise,” he said. “That’s the genius of it.” ★★★★☆ rammstein.de...
...But we don’t think that means the world will survive as was post-Ukraine, either....
...“I just don’t know why he’s done this,” a former colleague said. “It’s very hard to understand.”...
...The late philosopher Roger Scruton said that conservatism is now a defence of liberalism by those who don’t trust liberals to do it. That is generous....
...I don’t think anybody is served by that.” Her talk of service rather than stardom applies not just to the music industry but to music itself....
...“So I don’t see why I should say that was wrong, and I won’t apologise for it.”...
...They allow me to say which opera or oratorio by Handel I would like to hear. Then I guarantee whatever it costs to make a recording. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. In what place are you happiest?...
...To October 31, glyndebourne.com The Glyndebourne Tour 2021 also includes Donizetti’s ‘Don Pasquale’, Stravinsky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’ and Handel’s ‘Messiah’...
...“If we don’t have a constant temperature the porcelain doesn’t fire and starts to break.”...
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