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Review of ‘Evelyn Glennie and the Fantasia Orchestra’ (BBC Proms, 2026): “Eclectic rendition doesn’t miss a beat, but it doesn’t sing either”
They could have done better. Not that much in terms of execution- although that wasn’t exceptional either -but regarding their choice of repertoire, which was eclectic but hardly electric. Not everything can be great, that’s true. But all my previous interactions with the Fantasia Orchestra have got close enough. Not this time, however. And although…
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Review of BBC Proms – ‘Il Tabarro’: “Genie and genius”
As the UK’s most important summer music festival approaches its lasts weeks, we travel back across its programming to remember one of its most remarkable highlights. Guillermo Názara reviews the Hallé Orchestra’s performance of Puccini’s one-act opera Il Tabarro, a work about doomed romance and passion, whose heavenly music is however a depiction of hell.…
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Crítica de los Proms de la BBC – ‘Il Tabarro’: “Genio y genialidad”
A medida que el festival de música de verano más importante del Reino Unido se acerca a sus últimas semanas, viajamos a través de su programación para recordar uno de sus momentos más destacados. Guillermo Názara analiza la interpretación de la Orquesta Hallé de la ópera en un acto Il Tabarro de Puccini, una obra…
