Rachmaninov: Romances – review
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano)(Ondine)This recording should come with the warning "too hot to handle", such is the combustible combination of Dmitri Hvorostovsky's heroic baritone with the flaming passion of intensely romantic Russi...
Heart of Darkness; Duke Bluebeard’s Castle; La sonnambula – review
Linbury Studio Theatre; Royal Festival Hall; Royal Opera House, London"The horror! The horror!" intones the deranged, homicidal ivory trader Kurtz, reflecting with disgust on his heinous crimes as his life ebbs slowly away on the deck of a leaky riverb...
