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MASCAGNI L'amico Fritz (Frizza)

This will come as a novelty to many people. Friend Fritz has been successfully revived in London by Opera Holland...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2023

LORTZING Der Waffenschmied (The Armorer of Worms)

Pity Albert Lortzing. Sacked from his theatre post in Leipzig, he re-established himself in Vienna only to be forced out...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2023

A Watchful Gaze

Hot on the heels of The Sixteen’s acclaimed recording with Fretwork of the Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (11/22) comes a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2023

Julia Bullock: Walking in the Dark

Julia Bullock may have decided to call the album ‘Walking in the Dark’ but the soprano’s musical prowess, interpretative skills...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 04/2023

Traces

In an era of chunk able, bitesize, hyperlinked, free-associative streaming, it’s lovely to come across a proper recital. The individual...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2023

Susan Narucki: This Island

‘This Island’ began as a literary odyssey by soprano Susan Narucki, yielding significant musical discoveries in songs by mostly unknown...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 04/2023

Reforming Hymns

Listening to this recital I am reminded of a garbled quotation misattributed to Paul Klee, describing drawing as ‘taking a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2023

Passacalle de La Follie

Regular collaborators Philippe Jaroussky and Christina Pluhar join forces again for a French Baroque entertainment exploring airs de cour and...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 04/2023

Randall Scotting: Lovesick

Randall Scotting is an American countertenor who stepped in at short notice to replace Tim Mead when Covent Garden mounted...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2023

Alla Milanese

This well-structured recital considers a well-represented idiom (the genesis of the Baroque style in northern Italy) from an unfamiliar standpoint....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2023

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