Antonio Pappano
June 2024
May 2024
Andrea Chénier review – Pappano ends on a high with this sensational, thrilling revival
David McVicar’s 2015 staging of Giordano’s French Revolution opera is the final production of Antonio Pappano’s tenure as music director of the Royal Opera. With leads Jonas Kaufmann and Sondra Radvanovsky, it is an exciting, affecting evening
April 2024
March 2024
January 2024
October 2023
LSO/Pappano review – drama, colour and fun as orchestra embraces the new
Wheezing harmonicas and tinkling music boxes enliven Hannah Kendall’s elemental new work, while Alice Sara Ott gave a barnstorming account of Liszt’s Totentanz in a programme masterfully led by the London Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor designate
September 2023
Das Rheingold review – uncluttered staging is a compelling start to Kosky’s Ring cycle
With the figure of earth goddess Erda present throughout, the message – of the despoliation of the natural world – is clear. There’s no weak link in a uniformly strong cast, and in the pit Pappano has the measure of Wagner’s grandeur and intimacy