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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Jonathan Mills goes out to his own tune: music at this year's Edinburgh international festival by Tom Service

A composition by the outgoing festival director will feature in one of this years final concerts Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56AM
Sunday, February 23, 2014

Christian Curnyn: too hot to Handel by Tom Service

He's putting the shock into the baroque – and he couldn't care less about all the outrage he's causing. Maverick conductor Christian Curnyn says why sex, swearing and Stratocasters are jus…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM
Friday, March 16, 2012

Stephen Sondheim: our greatest composer? by Tom Service

No one today has better mastered the art-form of marrying words and drama to music, and keeping that essentially operatic ideal alive in a broader public consciousnessYes, yes, there's a lot…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:14AM
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Lee Hall's Beached: what really went on? by Tom Service

It seems the storm has passed and Opera North will stage Hall's community opera after all. But how did things come to this pretty pass?Common sense seems to have prevailed: Lee Hall and Harv…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:17PM
Friday, June 10, 2011

Nico Muhly's tale of Two Boys: don't expect Facebook – the Opera by Tom Service

ENO's viral video promoting Muhly's new opera about the dangers of the internet makes light of what will be a dark dramaENO's viral video advertising Nico Muhly's new opera is a kick-ass th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PM
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Can classical music be funny? | Tom Service by Tom Service

It's hard to find any truly comedy classical, but record covers are another matter. And as for classical critics doing standup ...Can you think of any funny classical music? Haydn string qua…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AM
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

English National Opera has excelled with this Parsifal by Tom Service

No excuse for the hyperbole: this really is one of the great Wagner productions of our timeYou all know by now – well some of you may know, and a few of you will have been there too – ju…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:21PM
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Anna Nicole should have learned a lesson from Summer Heights High by Tom Service

Mr G: The Musical, Chris Lilley's camp school extravaganza, would have been a great blueprint for the Royal Opera's showAll the fuss over operas about sex and drugs and silicone enhancements…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AM
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Parsifal: Wagner's 'Buddhist piece' by Tom Service

Parsifal has been seen as the most antisemitic and ideologically suspect of any of Wagner's works, but that's not how Nikolaus Lehnhoff's ENO production treats itOpera is the most risky art …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Mike Figgis beds down with Lucrezia Borgia by Tom Service

Opera novice Mike Figgis is taking charge of Lucrezia Borgia at the ENO. Trouser parts and Renaissance porn were part of a steep learning curveMike Figgis is about to make his debut as …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM
Friday, October 22, 2010

It'll take more than Bach and a beer to give the young a taste for the classical by Tom Service

New research suggests young people are put off by formal concert formats. But educating them is what will really engage them – not just allowing them to bring in a drinkSo young-ish people…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AM

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