http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-634-gaetano-donizetti/topic-rss.do Gaetano Donizetti RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23723814-magic-of-italy-in-lelisir-damore.do Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore (The Elixir of Love) is one of the few bel canto comedies to have survived but it needs bold direction. 2009-07-23T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23706170-horlick-tchenguiz-and-madoff-played-out-in-full-operatic-glory.do The bel canto operas of Gaetano Donizetti are too rarely performed. So it was a great pleasure last weekend to go with my family to Opera Holland Park to see a splendid production of Roberto Devereux 2009-06-11T06:38:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23703047-roberto-devereux-is-a-rare-treat.do London's premier summer opera festival has begun and Opera Holland Park has lined up as enticing a programme as ever, starting with Roberto Devereux. 2009-06-02T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23690740-a-very-silly-but-potent-love-potion.do Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's deeply stupid and terribly pretty comic opera L'Elisir D'Amore is frolicsome, rollicksome fun 2009-05-12T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23686338-are-we-down-to-our-last-tenor.do Rolando Villazon has just cancelled his performances for the rest of the year — leaving the title of the greatest male voice up for grabs. 2009-05-06T16:46:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23670259-macbeth-oliver-and-now-puccini-theatre-director-goold-signs-up-to-eno.do Award-winning director Rupert Goold, 36, is to direct Turandot in the English National Opera's next season 2009-04-02T08:18:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23604318-cecilia-bartoli-shares-the-love.do Vocal recitals with piano accompaniment can be frosty affairs but not when Cecilia Bartoli is performing. 2008-12-18T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23525694-knight-of-passion-in-the-park-with-iolanta.do Wonderful though the music is, characterisation is wooden in Tchaikovsky's one act Iolanta, says Fiona Maddocks. 2008-08-03T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23518494-pelly-leaves-us-hungry-in-hansel-und-gretel.do Jennifer Holloway and Adriana Kucerova are splendidly convincing as Hansel and Gretel at Glyndebourne, says Barry Millington. 2008-07-20T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23512347-opera-legend-joan-sutherland-81-recovering-after-breaking-both-her-legs.do Dame Joan Sutherland is in hospital after breaking both legs in a fall in the garden of her Swiss home. 2008-07-07T16:45:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23490531-la-fille-du-rgiment-saved-by-cast.do La Fille du Régiment seems undernourished but the production is blessed with a singer whose voice is bright, clean and agile. 2008-06-04T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23490097-il-trovatore-not-dampened-by-weather.do There may have been gipsy curses on the weather but Il Trovatore stormed to success in its opening night at Opera Holland Park. 2008-06-03T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23489714-favourites-and-forgotten-gems-in-il-trovatore.do Opera Holland Park offers a thrilling opportunity for a far wider audience to see and hear Il Trovatore. 2008-06-02T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23484555-a-diva-for-the-21st-century.do Fiona Maddocks meets soprano Danielle de Niese as she prepares to seduce Glyndebourne in L'Incoronazione di Poppea. 2008-05-14T11:30:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23439009-just-mad-about-the-scene.do Director David Alden and conductor Paul Daniel sweep the stereotypes aside in their revisionist new production of Lucia di Lammermoor. 2008-02-18T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23439015-opera-saved-by-a-star-in-the-wings-as-lead-singer-is-taken-ill.do A member of a West End opera audience received a huge ovation when he stepped in to sing the lead role after the star lost his voice 2008-02-18T10:25:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23439047-opera-saved-by-a-star-in-the-wings.do A member of a West End opera audience received a huge ovation when he stepped in to sing the lead role after the star lost his voice. 2008-02-18T11:28:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23434480-brilliance-dimmed-by-a-sales-gimmick.do Natalie Dessay is a true stage animal, but she looked troubled throughout her gig at the Barbican Hall. 2008-01-28T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23428837-bartoli-has-no-equal.do Cecilia Bartoli may not have been quite at her incandescent best but she has no equal in her ability to win the affections of her audience. 2007-12-20T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23420910-a-very-potent-potion.do French director Laurent Pelly has triumphed again with a delicious new L'elisir d'amore, says Fiona Maddocks. 2007-11-14T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23393080-zandra-creates-eye-popping-costumes-for-opera.do Zandra Rhodes will design the set and costumes for an extravagant new production of Aida, the highlight of the English National Opera's new season announced today. 2007-04-18T10:21:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23391488-hytners-back-in-an-epic-season-at-covent-garden.do Nicholas Hytner is to return to the Royal Opera House after a 20 year absence, as the Royal Opera House annouces an epic 2007/08 season. 2007-04-04T10:30:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23387031-meet-the-new-gheorghiu.do She'll never be as stroppy as Angela, but soprano Nicole Cabell has proved she's talented enough to stand in for the great diva at a day's notice. 2007-02-27T13:32:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23382244-critics-choice-top-five-classical-events.do Concerts devoted to Elgar, Mozart's classic The Marriage of Figaro and the Crouch End Festival Chorus all feature among Barry Millington's picks. 2007-01-18T15:56:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23381319-the-fat-lady-steals-it.do A bravura cast performance, including a five-minute cameo from Dawn French, made La Fille Du Regiment something special. Fiona Maddocks loved it. 2007-01-12T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23381315-critics-choice-top-5-classical-events.do La Fille du Regiment, Chichester Psalms and Czech music from the Florestan Trio are the current classical highlights, says Barry Millington. 2007-01-11T16:02:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23371209-the-accidental-opera-singer.do He shot to stardom late in life. Now Marcelo Alvarez, one of the great tenors, is back at Covent Garden. He talks to Fiona Maddocks. 2006-10-18T14:05:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-376776-elisabetta.do 2006-08-08T18:20:54Z