On Sunday 12th October, the Clapham Opera Festival presented the third of its five 2014 performances (the fourth and fifth will be performances of Rossini's La Cenerentola on 14th and 16th November). Countertenor Michael Taylor was this time joined by the mezzo-soprano Chloé de Bakker and the soprano Christina Petrou. They were accompanied throughout by Philip Voldman, the festival's musical director. Living up to the Festival's 'Opera for the many' aspiration, Michael Taylor produced notes for the audience on each of the arias, which made it much easier for us to understand the context and the emotions, as well as enjoy the jokes and the drama. A picture is worth a thousand words, and there is no doubt that the audience of 120 enjoyed the mixture of stories of love deceived, dreams of love, faithful love, intriguing love, love unrequited, love undeclared and murderous love from a range of composers including Mozart and, of course Salieri, as well as Haydn, Cimarosa, Gluck, Portugal and others. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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