Fiona Maddocks
@fionahmaddocks.bsky.social
classical music critic The Observer. Etc
The Importance of Being Earnest – brave, brilliant, bonkers observer.co.uk/music/classi...
The Importance of Being Earnest – brave, brilliant, bonkers
Garsington Opera’s staging of Gerald Barry’s raucous ‘opera of delirium’ draws out a genius mix of playfulness, exaggeration and musical ingenuity
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ROH’s The Marriage of Figaro is an irresistible invitation observer.co.uk/music/classi...
ROH’s The Marriage of Figaro is an irresistible invitation
As the Royal Opera considers the future of opera in the AI age, an old favourite returns in exuberant form. Plus, Longborough Festival Opera’s Orlando
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Samson et Dalila - a sizzling showcase. But real thrill was unmissable #PeterGrimes observer.co.uk/music/classi...
Samson et Dalila - a sizzling showcase for two star voices
SeokJong Baek and Aigul Akhmetshina excel in Richard Jones’s sharp take on the ancient battle between faith and greed. Plus, a harrowing, humane Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera
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The sounds of the Sistine Chapel Cardinals, former world leaders, and classical music’s best and brightest gathered in the Vatican to hear the first concert premiere ever held beneath Michelangelo’s magnificent frescoes, writes Fiona Maddocks https://bit.ly/3NTlAbk
The sounds of the Sistine Chapel | The Observer
Cardinals, former world leaders, and classical music’s best and brightest gathered in the Vatican to hear the first concert premiere ever held beneath Michelangelo’s magnificent frescoes
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Phelim McDermott’s end-of-pier staging of Mozart’s prickly comic opera is revived with bunny girls, sword-eaters and a first-class cast. Plus, Liverpool’s secret weapon and Colin Matthews at 80, writes @fionahmaddocks.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4agMm66
Così fan tutte on Coney Island is a carnival of mischief ...
Phelim McDermott’s end-of-pier staging of Mozart’s prickly comic opera is revived with bunny girls, sword-eaters and a first-class cast. Plus, Liverpool’s secret weapon and Colin Matthews at 80
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The Ariodante is really worth it if you can get there: fidgety first act, but then absolutely wonderful direction and singing.
Looking again at Last Days - and a terrific Ariodante observer.co.uk/music/classi...
The Kurt Cobain opera is hallucinogenic | The Observer
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Looking again at Last Days - and a terrific Ariodante observer.co.uk/music/classi...
The Kurt Cobain opera is hallucinogenic | The Observer
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Sad to hear of the death of Andreas Whittam-Smith. A great editor to work for — omnivorously curious, enthusiastic and eccentric in all the right ways.
observer.co.uk/music/classi... Partenope at ENO; Die Walküre at Bastille Paris
Vive la farce: Handel’s Partenope returns to the English National Opera
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observer.co.uk/music/classi... Partenope at ENO; Die Walküre at Bastille Paris
Vive la farce: Handel’s Partenope returns to the English National Opera
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Hi Fiona, I commission writers to work on features (mainly artist interviews) for the Southbank centre's website. I've a healthy list of freelancers across most art forms, but I'm short on writers who have an interest/focus on classical music if you know of anyone looking for opportunities.
