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Music critic, editor, programme note writer. Happy to be ambushed by cake. Best when caffeinated. https://canzonetta.substack.com/
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I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

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Back at the Musikverein, this time for the Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä

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Matthew Wong exhibition at the Albertina:

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«Le parole più belle son spesso quelle non dette, quelle che naufragano nei silenzi» (John Keats). Buona domenica! #23febbraio

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Cyril Teste “greeted” by the Viennese audience…

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Another weekend, another Norma. Cyril Teste's new production opens at the Wiener Staatsoper this evening, starring Federica Lombardi, Juan Diego Flórez and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya. Reviewing for Opera Now...

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On 23 Feb 2022, Valery Gergiev opened Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame at La Scala. Hours later Putin invaded Ukraine. Gergiev was replaced by Timur Zangiev. Now, three years later, Zangiev is back for Tchaik's Onegin. James Imam in the @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/4817...

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Plaster cast-a diva: it’s Norma or bust in Vienna My review from Theater an der Wien is now published on Opera Now www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...

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Chocolate box Mozart, but it was the Vienna Phil's Dvořák that really impressed at the Musikverein: bachtrack.com/review-muti-...

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Chocolate box Mozart, but it was the Vienna Phil's Dvořák that really impressed at the Musikverein: bachtrack.com/review-muti-...

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Tonight’s office… at the Musikverein for Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Phil

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«Il linguaggio dell'esperienza è più autorevole di tutti i ragionamenti: i fatti possono distruggere i nostri raziocini, non viceversa» (Alessandro Volta, nato oggi nel 1745 a Como). Buongiorno, amici! #18febbraio

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Tosca curtain call: a truly great evening!

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Tonight at the Wiener Staatsoper*: Sonya Yoncheva sings Tosca! (*not reviewing... just for fun)

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Plaster cast-a diva: it’s Norma or bust in Vienna My review from Theater an der Wien is now published on Opera Now www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...

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Norma opening night at Theater an der Wien

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It's time for the “Norma Conquest” of Vienna: two new productions within seven days. Tonight we're at Theater an der Wien, then at the Wiener Staatsoper on Saturday.

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Two perfect ways to practise my fledgling German…

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Hassle-free Barbican booking for The Seagull (more tickets just released...)

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Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto: my Collection survey for Gramophone www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...

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The Joy of Six: I wasn't intending to write about the Nash Ensemble this weekend (as I wasn't reviewing) but here goes... open.substack.com/pub/canzonet...

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Guten Abend, Wien!

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Great bass Fyodor Chaliapin was born on this day in 1873 (photo taken in the Russian Museum, St Petersburg in 2019)

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Game, Set, Match: Marie Jacquot Excellent interview by Andrew Mellor: thenorthernsilence.net/game-set-mat...

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👇 www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/fe...

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Now in print in the Spring issue of Opera Now, my double interview with Ermonela Jaho and Michael Spyres on being Opera Rara’s Artist Ambassadors:

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“Turnage turns the screw with brilliant detail”: @neilfisher81.bsky.social is fast out the blocks with his Festen review... @thetimes.com 👏🥳 www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...

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All ready for a 60th birthday party 🥳 What could go wrong? World premiere of Festen at The Royal Opera

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“Don’t worry Hugh. There will be no further operas by me that you will ever have to sit through again.” Seven years on... 😈 www.theguardian.com/music/2018/a...

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Wordle 1,333 2/6 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Just seen Elektra at the Duke of York's and will go with @thestage.bsky.social's verdict: “sterile and insufferably pretentious” www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/elek...

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Now in print in the Spring issue of Opera Now, my double interview with Ermonela Jaho and Michael Spyres on being Opera Rara’s Artist Ambassadors:

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The Joy of Six: I wasn't intending to write about the Nash Ensemble this weekend (as I wasn't reviewing) but here goes... open.substack.com/pub/canzonet...

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Phaedra + Minotaur (+ rock-climbing!)

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Because why not make it three Nash Ensemble Wiggygigs in a weekend…? @wigmore-hall.org.uk

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Arranging and rearranging a stage including two grand pianos, a harp and a xylophone is like a game of musical Tetris for the Wiggy staff…

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