Following offered out and critically acclaimed performances of Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre [see my review] and Siegfried [see Tony’s review], the London Opera Firm (LOC) returns to Sinfonia Smith Sq. (previously St John’s Smith Sq.) on Sunday 19 October with a full orchestra for its most formidable live performance but – Götterdämmerung
The manufacturing encompasses a solid of seasoned professionals together with Katie Lowe, who made her Royal Opera Home (ROH) debut in Die Walküre earlier this yr, and Philippa Boyle, who returns as Gutrune following a beautiful Sieglinde for the London Opera Firm in 2023. Philippa additionally carried out for the primary time at ROH of their award-winning Festen. Harriet Williams sings Waltraute. Neal Cooper takes on the position of Siegfried (at the moment singing Thibault at ROH) and Cara Mchardy following her glorious evaluations for Siegfried and Die Walkūre with LOC continues her position as Brünnhilde.
They’re joined by voices contemporary to Wagner and an orchestra with a core of pros enjoying alongside the very best post-graduates from London’s prime music faculties. LOC Orchestral Bursary gives a yearly prize and paid alternative for a gifted musician nurturing younger expertise.
Peter Selwyn conducts the orchestra. This follows his latest success with Opera Holland Park’s Der Fliegende Holländer [see my review], and see my 2022 interview with Peter Selwyn, ‘From Bayreuth to Grimeborn‘.
The Wagner Tubas and Stierhorn, kindly loaned by the Royal Opera Home, will, as with the Firm’s a lot celebrated manufacturing of Die Walküre, deliver a particular grandeur to the efficiency.
Additional particulars from Sinfonia Smith Sq.’s web site.
