Mark Pullinger
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Critic, editor, programme note writer. Best when caffeinated.
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Deputy arts editor and reviews editor, The Times. A red kite recently stole my bagel during an opera festival.
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Fabulous Daphnis et Chloé from Sir Antonio Pappano Tenebrae Choir and London Symphony Orchestra – a long time since I’ve heard Ravel’s masterpiece in concert #HalfSixFix
MusikTheater an der Wien bringing out the giant Mozartkugeln for a Salieri (kind of) world premiere! 😂
© Herwig Prammer Theater an der Wien
Interesting interview with Vladimir Jurowski in New York Times Arts
nytimes.com/2024/04/09/art…
Safeguarding the future of Italian opera: my report for Opera Now magazine on Riccardo Muti’s Italian Opera Academy in Milan
gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/feat…
“There’s plenty going on — at a psychological level, anyway — in this show. And that’s before you factor in Akhmetshina’s remarkable performance”: Richard Morrison on the new ROH Carmen Times Culture
thetimes.co.uk/article/carmen…
La Gioconda from Osterfestspiele Salzburg was broadcast on Austrian radio last night. Available to listen on demand: oe1.orf.at/programm/20240…
Maria Callas and Boris Christoff backstage at Teatro alla Scala before a performance of I vespri siciliani (1951/1952) © Erio Piccagliani
Eve-Maud Hubeaux as Laura, Luca Salsi as Barnaba, Agnieszka Rehlis as La Cieca, and the choir and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; conductor: Antonio Pappano.
📻 listen in via this link: oe1.orf.at/programm/20240…
📸: Bernd Uhlig
Basically, this Carmen is a Cav & Pag reboot… which is great because I love Michieletto’s Cav & Pag. There’s even a Mamma Lucia-type presence! Royal Opera House
With Barrie Kosky’s staircase given the boot (😭) let’s see what Damiano Michieletto has in store…
Carmen Royal Opera House
A new Carmen opens Royal Opera House tonight. I talked to star Aigul Akhmetshina and director Damiano Michieletto about their 'Wild West' production, and the the introduction of a 'phantom' character... gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/feat…
My reviews of new stagings of La fanciulla del West and Pique Dame at Opéra de Lyon appear in the new issue of Opera Now magazine... out now gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/maga…
