Tag Archives: Patricia Bardon

Julius Caesar, English National Opera, ENO, London Coliseum, October 2012

Posted on 18 October 2012

As a great fan of recent ENO productions I was hoping for better despite the many negative comments I had heard about this one. Julius Caesar, which deals with Caesar’s visit to Egypt in 47 BC when he was chasing Pompey and met the twenty-one-year old Cleopatra, is one of Handel’s great operas, full of rich …

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Siegfried, Metropolitan Opera, Met live cinema relay, November 2011

Posted on 6 November 2011

This production by Robert Lepage, brilliantly conducted by Fabio Luisi, brings nuances in the score and the libretto that had previously passed me by …

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Das Rheingold, Metropolitan Opera live relay, October 2010

Posted on 10 October 2010

One cannot help feeling sympathy with Alberich as he cries out, “O Schmerz!” (What pain!), and Eric Owens sang and acted the role brilliantly. His dark, rich voice expressed his anguish and determination, …

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