Hesperion XXI

York Minster

Erismena

Church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London

Suor Angelica/ I Pagliacci

Holland Park Theatre, London

The Young Man with the Carnation

Almeida King's Cross, London

Philharmonia/Mackerras

Royal Festival Hall, London

LSO/Maazel

Barbican, London

Euryanthe

Posterity has not been very kind to Euryanthe. Weber’s grand heroic-romantic opera, first performed in 1823 and composed to capitalise upon the phenomenal success of his Der FreischÀtz two years earlier, is recognised as a precursor of much that German … Continue reading →