Opera Today (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
In celebration of their 25th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the death of Handel, English Touring Opera has devised Handelfest, an extravaganza of five operas (Flavio, Teseo, Tolomeo, Alcina and Ariodante) and a wide variety of masterclasses and workshops taking in several of the company’s usual touring venues.
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
This thoughtful, economical production affords a rare opportunity to witness one of Handel’s richest operas live on stage. If most of us know Ariodante at all, it is probably via one of the star-packed recordings (Leppard, McGegan, Minkowski) r...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
The Worcester Standard makes a Brontë reference talking about the English National Opera setting of Händel's Ariodante: ETO’s celebrated production of this drama keeps the action on Scottish coast, but translates it to Bronte-like clerical circles. ( Catherine Phillips ) Essential Writers lists some dark classics : Although there’s plenty of this kind of thing in modern fiction,...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 14/08/2009
We wonder what a Brontë-like clerical circle is exactly as it appears in this article on EDP 24 concerning the autumn season of the Aldeburgh Theatre in Snape, Suffolk: English Touring Opera make their annual visit to Snape while at the same time honouring George Frideric Handel on the 250th anniversary of his death. They open on Friday November 13 (7.30pm) with Ariodante, an opera that starts...
A Shaded View on Fashion (Free subscription) | 20/05/2009
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