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Erica Jeal

July 2024

  • To the moon … The Excursions of Mr Brouček at the Rudolfinum, Prague.

    Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček album review – eccentric opera has sparkle and muscle

  • Mishka Rushdie Momen.

    Mishka Rushdie Momen: Reformation album review – beguiling and beautiful performances make the past present

June 2024

  • Thomas Atkins (Boris) and Natalya Romaniw (Katya) in Katya Kabanova at Grange Park Opera.

    Katya Kabanova review – Romaniw soars in cogent take on Janáček’s tragedy

  • Worth the wait … Janine Jansen playing with the Oslo Philharmonic, conducted by Klaus Mäkelä.

    Sibelius and Prokofiev Violin Concertos album review – freewheeling rapport never sounds forced

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    To Sing of Love album review – sweetly glowing, beautifully coloured choral music

  • Paul Grant as Figaro and Elgan Llŷr Thomas as Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville.

    The Barber of Seville review – Rossini’s opera gets a British Victoriana makeover

May 2024

  • Fatma Said sings on stage with pianist Joseph Middleton backing her at a grand piano

    Fatma Said/Joseph Middleton review – expressive storytelling

    The Egypt-born singer’s recital took in a wide selection of songs, from Mozart to Lebanese composer Najib Hankash, all brought to life by her bright and pliant soprano and the sensitive accompaniment of Joseph Middleton
  • Conductor Martyn Brabbins.

    BBCSO/Brabbins review – a Brazilian mass brings a ray of Rio sunshine

    Mellower than its European counterparts, Nunes Garcia’s mass flowed easily under Brabbins’ baton – and the four solo singers basked in its floridity

    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 1, 6 and 8 album review – characterful and infectiously gleeful

    • Sherratt/Drake: Fear No More album review – drinkably deep bass at his peak

    • Leonidas Kavakos review – the music dances irresistibly in ego-free solo Bach

April 2024

  • The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Sir András Schiff at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

    OAE/Schiff review – Mendelssohn deep dive is charged with energy and colour

    Two of Mendelssohn’s symphonies plus his second piano concerto were almost too much of a good thing, but not when played with such delicacy and spirit
  • ‘Forget about stage and audience, to mix and experience the absurdity, with humour and sarcasm’ … Kopitchanskaja performs with the LSO in 2023.

    ‘I’m not humble. I expect miracles’: why violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja wants to blow you out of your seat

    She plays barefoot in jeans with a thrilling unpredictability that makes every show electric. Ahead of a performance that promises to transform the concert stage into a living room, we meet the whirlwind violinist

    • Britten: Violin Concerto Chamber Works album review – bravura and brilliance as Faust turns to Britten’s violin writing

    • Aci by the River review – just add water for a stylish rethink of Handel

    • Rose in Bloom album review – crystalline debut of a new high coloratura star

March 2024

  • James MacMillan conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Let There Be Light at the Barbican.

    Let There Be Light review – MacMillan’s monumental work needs a monumental space

  • Seven Deadly Sins Danielle de Niese and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

    The Seven Deadly Sins review – LPO play Brecht and Weill with bite and swing

  • Now, where’s that heckelphone? … Staatskapelle Halle.

    Strauss: Josephs Legende album review – not top-drawer Strauss but there’s much worth savouring

  • Buoyant … conductor Rebecca Miller.

    Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works album review – buoyant performances show off Howell’s quicksilver gifts

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