Haydn's opera Lo Speciale (The Apothecary) gets a rare outing tomorrow (19 November) when the Retrospect Ensemble give a semi-staged performance in a new English translation by John Warrack. Directed by Joe Austin and conducted by Justin Doyle, the performance takes place at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge with a strong cast which includes Robert Murray, Ildiko Allen, Alexander Sprague and Louise Innes. Haydn's opera was written to inaugurate the new opera house at Esterhaza in 1768. The comic opera has a libretto by Carlo Goldoni, and was very popular on its first performances. The plot includes a number of devices such a lovers in exotic foreign disguise which recall Mozart's operas.
Formed in 2009, the ensemble's first artistic director was Matthew Halls who has recently moved to the Oregon Bach Festival. This concert is Justin Doyle's first engagement with the ensemble as artistic director. Justin Doyle is Principal Conductor of Manchester Chamber Choir and of Manchester University Chorus and Musical Director of Opera North Children’s Chorus, and has been Artistic Director of Ryedale Festival and Swaledale Festival. He won second prize in the prestigious Cadaqués Orchestra Conducting Competition and was awarded the first Conductor Fellowship with the BBC Singers.
Monday 18 November 2013
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts this month
-
Septura I first became aware of the brass septet, Septura , when noting their 2017/18 concert series Kleptomania at St John's Smith...
-
Handel: Acis and Galatea - chorus - Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Handel: Acis and Galatea ; Elizabeth Karani, Anthony Gregory, Ch...
-
2019 seemed a year for scholarship and rarity in recordings. Retrospect Opera gave us the first recording of Ethel Smyth's Fete Galan...
-
Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna - John Savournin - Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna ;...
-
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love - James Atkinson - Wild Arts 2023 (Photo: Lucy J Toms) We humans, alone on earth, are powerful enough to crea...
-
Handel: Giulio Cesare - Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Louise Alder - Glyndebourne, 2024 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Handel: Giulio Cesare in Eg...
-
Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra I get all sorts of mail, people sending my information on concerts and recordings. Everything gets gl...
-
Andrew Norman: A Trip to the Moon - Youth Company rehearsal, Garsington Opera 2024 (Photo: Julian Guidera) American composer Andrew Norman ...
-
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - David Ireland, Claire Lees - Garsington Opera, 2024 (Photo: Julian Guidera) Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro ; David...
-
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin - James Baillieu, Julien Van Mellaerts, Christopher Purves - Opera in Song at Opera Holland Park, 2022 Opera ...
Nice informative work i like the way you spoke about thing ..
ReplyDeleteRegard
Wordpress Agency
Wordpress Themes