Category Archives: Cultural Matters

Silence is Golden

Posted on November 24, 2019 by leslie

Silence is Golden Death in Venice, reviewed by Leslie Jones Death in Venice; opera in two acts (17 scenes), music by Benjamin Britten, libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the novella by Thomas Mann, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Night Moves

Posted on November 5, 2019 by leslie

Night Moves Die Zauberflöte, singspiel in two acts; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Leo Hussain, 6th revival of director David McVicar’s 2003 production, revival director Bárbara Lluch, Royal … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

ENDNOTES, November 2019

Posted on November 3, 2019 by leslie

Endnotes, November 2019: in this edition, Mozart at a mediaeval church in Kent – and Six Flute Sonatas by Bach, on the OUR label, reviewed by Stuart Millson Vaughan Williams once likened musical life to a great pyramid. At the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, ENDNOTES:Music, QR Home | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Don Pasquale

Posted on October 17, 2019 by leslie

Don Pasquale Don Pasquale, dramma buffo in three acts, music by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and Gaetano Donizetti, conducted by Evelino Pidò, directed by Damiano Michieletto, Royal Opera, Monday 14th October 2019, reviewed by Leslie Jones In director … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

ENDNOTES, October 2019

Posted on October 11, 2019 by leslie

ENDNOTES, October 2019 Stuart Millson reviews Bach in Kent and a new Berlioz recording from Toronto Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – dating from 1741 – is a work often referred to as one of the greatest achievements in all … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, ENDNOTES:Music, QR Home | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Review of Agrippina

Posted on September 27, 2019 by leslie

Review of Agrippina Dramma per musica in three acts, music by George Frideric Handel, libretto attributed to Vincenzo Grimani, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, directed by Barrie Kosky, Royal Opera, Monday 23rd September 2019, reviewed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Review of Werther

Posted on September 24, 2019 by leslie

Review of Werther by Leslie Jones Werther, drame lyrique in four acts, music by Jules Massenet, libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and George Hartmann, after Goethe’s novel Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers, orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

ENDNOTES, September 2019

Posted on September 21, 2019 by leslie

ENDNOTES, September 2019 Stuart Millson on the film music of Lord Berners In 1944, the directors at Ealing Studios (Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti and Michael Balcon) were working on a new production, The Halfway House– a story set mainly in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, ENDNOTES:Music, QR Home | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Scents and Sensibility

Posted on September 19, 2019 by leslie

Scents and Sensibility Don Giovanni; Ossia Il Dissoluto Punito, opera buffa in two acts, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, a further revival of the 2014 production, conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, directed by Kasper Holten, Royal … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Blake, Envisioned

Posted on September 14, 2019 by leslie

Blake, Envisioned William Blake, an exhibition, Tate Britain, 11th Sept 2019 to 2nd Feb 2020 William Blake, by Martin Myrone & Amy Concannon, Tate, 2019, reviewed by Leslie Jones William Blake was born in London, on 28th November 1757, at … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments