Did you hear about Rossini’s triple-decker bad hair day?
When it came to covering up his baldness, the composer believed in overkill.
December 20, 2019
Clive Paget
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
Articles by Clive Paget
Review: Joyce DiDonato’s Winterreise (Carnegie Hall, New York)
DiDonato and Nézet-Séguin make a bold case for a woman's-eye view of Schubert's winter journey.
December 17, 2019
Christmas Music: Comfort & Joy
What new music might float your boat (or roast your chestnuts) this holiday season? Clive Paget surveys this year’s crop of festive releases and finds intriguing offerings for Advent, Christmas, and even for the post-prandial cheese plate.
December 12, 2019
Review: Judgment Day (Park Avenue Armory, New York)
Richard Jones's bravura staging of Ödön von Horváth's morality tale holds up a mirror to our times.
December 12, 2019
Christian Tetzlaff: Shining Lights
The German violinist on the rewards of an unusual pairing for his latest release, which is Limelight's Recording of the Month in December.
December 2, 2019
Review: The Queen of Spades (Metropolitan Opera, New York)
Lise Davidsen's debut excites, but Vasily Petrenko and Yusif Eyvazov also shine in Tchaikovsky's tale of terror.
December 1, 2019
Did you hear about the Dame who did time in the slammer?
Committed to the Suffragist cause, Ethel Smyth gave up music for Holloway Prison.
November 29, 2019
Review: LA Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Yuja Wang (Lincoln Center, New York)
Yuja and the Dude leave New York a calling card from LA.
November 27, 2019
John Wegner: An Australian in Bayreuth
John Wegner’s stellar career as a Wagnerian baritone took him all over the world, before illness forced his untimely retirement. Clive Paget meets the local boy who conquered Bayreuth.
November 20, 2019
Sir András Schiff: Schubert always had a unique relationship with death
The pianist, whose Schubert album has won Limelight's Recording of the Year 2019, tells us about the most terrifying piece of music he knows.
November 20, 2019
Asher Fisch on wrangling WASO’s towering Tristan
The conductor tells us about his Tristan und Isolde, Limelight's Opera Recording of the Year 2019, and what's next on his bucket list for WASO.
November 20, 2019
Matthias Goerne: In Schumann’s world, everything seems to be upside down
The German baritone tells us about his Schumann album, Limelight's Vocal Recording of the Year 2019, and why in a couple of years he plans to stop singing.
November 20, 2019
Steven Isserlis: You want to have a slight creeping of the flesh
The cellist, who has won Limelight's Chamber Recording of the Year, tells us about the complications of Kabalevsky, and the power of unsupervised Shostakovich.
November 20, 2019