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Das Rheingold

Posted on September 24, 2023 by leslie

Das Rheingold Music drama in four scenes, music and libretto by Richard Wagner, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, directed by Barrie Kosky, Royal Opera, 20th September 2023, reviewed by Leslie Jones Indicatively, Wagner called Das Rheingold a music drama, as … Continue reading →

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Bigamy

Posted on September 12, 2023 by leslie

Bigamy by Bill Hartley This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Matrimonial Causes Act, the first Act to establish equal rights in divorce for men and women. In contrast, the first Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 allowed a … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, September 2023

Posted on September 4, 2023 by leslie

Endnotes, September 2023 In this edition: Walton in Mediterranean mood; Sibelius in Nordic splendour. Plus, Bach sonatas and a Russian romantic masterpiece. Reviewed by Stuart Millson On August 3rd, The Quarterly Review was at the Royal Albert Hall for a … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, August 2023

Posted on August 1, 2023 by leslie

Endnotes, August 2023 In this edition: English music for strings at JAM on the Marsh Festival; songs by Eric McElroy; reviewed by Stuart Millson, the Classical Music Editor of Quarterly Review Still preserving a sense of rural remoteness, Romney Marsh … Continue reading →

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How the West was Wrung

Posted on July 30, 2023 by leslie

                     How the West was Wrung Last month, the death was announced of the American writer Cormac McCarthy. Newspaper obituaries described him as a reclusive man who gave few interviews and … Continue reading →

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Love’s Vicissitudes

Posted on July 20, 2023 by leslie

Love’s Vicissitudes  L’elisir d’amore at Longborough Festival Opera, Tuesday 27th June, 2023, The Queen of Spades at The Grange Festival, Thursday 29th June, 2023, reviewed by David Truslove Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades may have little … Continue reading →

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Em notes, July 2023

Posted on July 2, 2023 by leslie

Em notes, July 2023 In this edition: new works at the Sixteenth English Music Festival and a CD tribute to Walter Leigh. Reviewed by Stuart Millson. Approaching Dorchester-on-Thames from Henley takes the traveller through the England of Three Men in … Continue reading →

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Dialogues des Carmélites

Posted on June 20, 2023 by leslie

Dialogues des Carmélites Opera by Francis Poulenc, directed by Barry Kosky, on Saturday 10th June 2023 at Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robin Ticciati; reviewed by David Truslove; performances continue until 29th July A floor-shaking thud … Continue reading →

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What friends are for

Posted on June 11, 2023 by leslie

                    What friends are for, by Bill Hartley The Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, has been associated with the town of Darlington in County Durham since the 17thcentury. Even the local football club is nicknamed the Quakers. … Continue reading →

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Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park

Posted on June 7, 2023 by leslie

Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park, June 3rd 2023; opera in three acts with music composed by Giuseppe Verdi, Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave; a new production by Opera Holland Park, directed by Cecilia Stinton; the City … Continue reading →

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