David Karlin
Founder at Bachtrack
Co-founder and director of Bachtrack. Tech-head, foodie, writer about opera, music and travel, mad about skiing, tennis and scuba. @[email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
bachtrack.com | David Karlin
“Schoolchild chemistry nerd saves the planet” isn’t exactly a typical opera plotline. But contemporary opera is a broad church, and Jonathan Dove has form with unusual plotlines in the shape of Flight, about a refugee living in Charles de Gaulle airport. If an opera can appear entitled Lee Miller in Hitler’s Bathtub, why not Itch, based on Simon Mayo’s Young Adult thrillers? Opera Holland Park’s commission first appeared in 2023 and received its first revival last night.
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1 month ago |
bachtrack.com | David Karlin
In a year made wearisome by doomscrolling through Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, a balmy evening in sun-drenched Garsington felt like the perfect tonic, particularly when the fare on offer was that frothiest of rom-coms, Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.
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1 month ago |
bachtrack.com | David Karlin
Aujourd'hui, Bachtrack a publié sa 25.000e critique : celle de notre rédacteur en chef de la version anglaise, Mark Pullinger, sur Wahnfried d'Avner Dorman au Festival de Longborough, un opéra sur l'héritage de Richard Wagner qui est vraiment un ouvrage pour lyricomanes avertis.
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1 month ago |
bachtrack.com | David Karlin |Mark Pullinger |Peter Quantrill |Eleanor Knight
What to search forIn the first and last acts, ladies entered with a train still attached to a bolt of cloth, which was then cut to length by an attendant. Was this production brought to the stage in a great hurry, allowing no time for costume fittings? It's taken two years for Jack Furness' new production of Dvořák's greatest opera to reach the Garsington stage, but it is entirely worth the wait, with a breathtaking performance from Natalya Romaniw in the title role.
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1 month ago |
bachtrack.com | David Karlin
Bachtrack ha publicado hoy la 25.000 crítica escrita para nosotros: la de nuestro Mark Pullinger sobre Wahnfried, de Avner Dorman, en el Festival de Longborough, una ópera sobre el legado de Richard Wagner que es realmente para entendidos. En los quince años transcurridos desde que dimos nuestros primeros pasos en el mundo de la crítica, hemos recorrido los cuatro puntos cardinales, desde Tokio hasta Vancouver, desde Bodø, en el Círculo Polar Ártico de Noruega, hasta Wellington, en Nueva Zelanda.
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