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MUSIC by Anthony Loftus

... performances of outstanding quality. Above all there is the assurance, and the clear insight of Rudolf Kempe, directing the Covent Garden orchestra, to reveal the beauties, and to expose the psychological stresses, which are at the heart of “Parsifal.” ...

Published: Saturday 19 March 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Wton schoolboy lands a part in Britten opera

... the four - major child roles in his new opera, and after singing before a panel of experts at The Royal Opera House, ! Covent Garden, Paul was told he = 'haod been chosen. He said today: “I just can't get |over it, and tlxoua{l they said )| London by Mr ...

Published: Thursday 31 March 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 855 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

Opportunities

... you did at 20, but you don’t care so desperately that you will never win the world ice skating championship nor dance at Covent Garden. There are new opportunities and different pleasures which are just as satisfying, and the responsbilities of bringing ...

Published: Tuesday 05 April 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 111 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

East Anglian

... recorded on location than in the general run of soap operas. Royal Ballet BBC-I’s cameras go behind the scenes tonight at Covent Garden and at the Royal Baliet School in Hammersmith to show how a great ballet is put together. Margot Fonteyn and Rudelph Nureyev ...

Published: Thursday 14 April 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

NEW PRESTIGE HERE FOR COVENT GARDEN

... NEW PRESTIGE HERE FOR COVENT GARDEN The new production of Strauss’s “ Der Rosenkava~ which had its premiere at Covent Garden on !FSdal{i will, despite some visual oddities which seem of character with the s;})‘mt of this comedy for music, st the reputation ...

Published: Saturday 23 April 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 348 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

mEa

... Experiments in nlogy.” i—Der Rosemkavalier. Act 3 of e new production of Richard Sirouss’s opera, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. 4—lnternational Professional poxmg from France. The Furopean welterweight cham. pionship—Brian Curvis (Great Britain) ...

Published: Monday 25 April 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1634 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

VILLAGE

... were abl isted of the longest and most taxing of|at the pi;g,o by Mr. Ro.{m Keys operatic roles, it was not surpris-|(of Covent Garden music staff). ing to find Mr. Langdon in less than finest form. The voice was perhaps STIRRING too tired to do full justice ...

Published: Monday 02 May 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 332 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

GLITTER By Anthony Loftus

... the village cricket club holds its celebrity concert. . At this time, with commendable loyalty and generosity, two of Covent Garden’s top ranking stars, Michael Langdon (bass) and Kenneth Macdonald ‘tenor), make the pilgrimage t{o Brewood Jubilee Hall ...

Published: Monday 02 May 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 193 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

T’S PANIC, SAY THE RETAILERS

... T’S PANIC, SAY THE RETAILERS Imported fruit prices at Birmingham wholesale fruit and vegetable market—the “Covent Garden of the Midlands”—were about 15 per cent. above normal this morning. “But prices won’t continue to rise if the housewife refuses to ...

Published: Tuesday 17 May 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 350 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

By Anthony Loftus, our

... critic As a vehicle for Joan Sutherland’s remarkable gifts, Donizetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment”, now being staged at Covent Garden, reaffirms that she is still the world’s most agile and captivating coloratura. Musically, however, this opera is outrageously ...

Published: Friday 24 June 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 303 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

AN UNRIVALLED DON CARLOS

... very rare. ‘ UNEQUALLED 1 Such a rarity is Luchino Visconti’s production of Verdi's “Don Carlos,” now being revived at Covent Garden and which, for sheer visual splendour and theatrical point, has hardly been equalled at the Royal Opera House since it ...

Published: Monday 27 June 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 421 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Elaine Turley Sunday night with the real Anarchists

... London anarchists meet in a beautiful 400-year-old pub — The Lamb and Flag—tucked away in Rosestreet, a narrow alley behind Covent Garden. On a wall opposite the pub a slogan, “God is Dead,” is scrawled in white paint. Inside, on the Sunday evening when I went ...

Published: Tuesday 28 June 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 215 | Page: 12 | Tags: none