Review: Mercadante: Didone Abbandonata (Academia Montis Regalis)
Mercadante measures up to Rossini despite ghastly staging.
September 9, 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: Granados: Goyescas (BBC Symphony Orchestra/Pons)
Granados’s opera is a case of nice music, shame about the plot.
September 9, 2019
State Opera South Australia announces its 2020 Season
A revival of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, a Verdi blockbuster, two musicals and a visit from Les Arts Florissants.
September 5, 2019
Victorian Opera announces its 2020 season
Salome and Die Tote Stadt should satisfy opera lovers and gore aficionados, while Tommy does the rest.
September 3, 2019
James Gaffigan: “The days of the maestro are over”
As the American conductor returns to lead the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, he reflects on his leadership style, his musical tastes and having fun with Dvořák.
September 2, 2019
Did you hear about Karl Muck’s decidedly bad war?
A pernicious bout of fake news landed the famous conductor in hot water and worse.
August 27, 2019
Review: Scenes from the Tower (Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, New York)
Hilary Bell's smart libretto underpins an intriguing new opera about the first woman to run for president of the US.
August 24, 2019
Timothy Redmond on Jonathan Dove
The conductor tells us about recording his disc of Dove's orchestral music, Limelight's Recording of the Month in August.
August 23, 2019
Robert Schumann: Double Act
The 19th century’s most romantic of Romantics was never short of an alter ego to embody his complex musical ideas. Ahead of performances of his ever-popular Piano Concerto, Clive Paget talks to Asher Fisch and asks will the real Robert Schumann please stand up?
August 20, 2019
Review: Mostly Mozart Festival (Lincoln Center, New York)
New York's premier summer festival may not be mostly Mozart these days, but it sure has plenty to offer.
August 13, 2019
Review: Puccini: Tosca (Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann)
Harteros heads a Tosca that perhaps should have offended more.
August 8, 2019
Review: Gluck: Orphée et Euridice (Teatro alla Scala/Mariotti)
Flórez helps explore Hofesh Shechter’s seven stages of grief.
August 8, 2019
Jonathan Dove: I have always enjoyed telling stories through music
The composer, best known for his vocal music, tells us about his orchestral writing, which is showcased in Limelight's Recording of the Month in August.
August 8, 2019