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Clytha Castle
Clytha Castle has been on my list of places to stay for a long time – a folly in the best sense; it is a pinkish rendered, Gothick, castellated and turreted confection on a small hill in Monmouthshire – with panoramic views of Skirrid Fawr and Sugarloaf. It is gloriously daft – every opportunity for…
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sleeping with cats
I was going to call this dancing with cats, but decided it was derivative, and inaccurate! Spurred by the sad demise of my next-door-cat Cundy, a cat of great age and fortitude, who will be much missed by her family, and generations of schoolchildren and commuters who have been indelibly marked by her engaging manner…
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Tower, Train and Tree
Monday Bit late posting this been too busy to upload the photos! Having finished the opera, had the birthday party and packed totally inefficiently, we are off on holiday to the tiny village of Upper Arley, and our home for the week, Arley Tower, a sandstone castellated cube overlooking the river Severn and the Severn…
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The Blackheath Onegin book launched
Most of my free waking hours since finishing the opera (apart from work, singing, partying, holidays…) have been spent fighting with the software to get the book to look beautiful. Anyone planning to do a photobook on Blurb be warned you need a lot of free RAM. It does very strange things, like randomly copying…
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Eugene Onegin – Gallery – Katie Slater (Olga)
What the reviewers said: a rich-toned Olga Classical Music Source show bags of promise What’s on Stage To view a large version of any image click on the thumbnail, all images are copyright, and will eventually be available on a CD if you are interested, make contact:
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Eugene Onegin – gallery – Nicholas Sharratt (Lensky)
What the reviewers say: loads of appeal as Lensky What’s On Stage got my sympathy Classical Music Source To view a large version of any image click on the thumbnail all images are copyright, and will eventually be available on a CD if you are interested, make contact:
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Eugene Onegin – Gallery – Kate Valentine (Tatyana)
What the reviewers say: Kate Valentine’s Tanya, radiant with optimistic innocence in the ‘letter scene’ The Stage I particularly liked Kate Valentine’s change from diffident ingénue (left alone at her own birthday party after Lensky and Onegin’s row and duel challenge) to assured princess. Classical Music Source Superb: Tatyana dominates (it surely won’t be long…
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Eugene Onegin – Gallery – Damian Thantrey (Onegin)
What the reviewers said : Perhaps Damian Thantrey’s chisel-featured Onegin was not self-centred enough (after all, after the performance he opened the door for me as I left), but I liked the way he threw over most of the chairs in his final confrontation with Tatyana. Classic Music Source Damian Thantrey’s slicked-back, cold-fish Onegin impresses.…
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Eugene Onegin – Gallery – Soloists
What the reviewers say: The Stage, What’s on Stage and Classical Music Source: Splendidly resonant Act III aria from bass Andrew Greenan. Gremin’s knock-out aria ‘The Gift of Love is Rightly Treasured’, sung with heartfelt ardour by Andrew Greenan Andrew Greenan is luxury casting as Gremin and Harriet Williams’ youthful Larina and Linda Hibberd’s sympathetic…
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Eugene Onegin – Gallery – Production team & Dancers
To view a large version of any image click on the thumbnail all images are copyright, and will eventually be available on a CD if you are interested, make contact:
Cherry Potts, Writer 