Roger Norrington was a great opera conductor Roger Norrington was a great opera conductor

Roger Norrington conducted Rossini’s Semiramide in Pesaro ’94 and made the Orchestra part of the drama in a way I still have never heard duplicated in a Bel Canto opera.

By Belle Raggio July 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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Drunk in both head and heart Drunk in both head and heart

This week’s “Trove Thursday” offers Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice featuring Anthony Rolfe Johnson.

By July 20, 2017 at 1:16 PM
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Himself when young Himself when young

This week features Roger Norrington leading a December 2006 performance of Berlioz/ Enfance du Christ  from Berlin

By December 19, 2016 at 12:23 PM
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La Duchesse s’amuse La Duchesse s’amuse

As promised, “Trove Thursday” offers Don Quichote chez la duchesse, a second nearly unknown opera based on Cervantes’ towering literary masterpiece.

By August 18, 2016 at 10:02 AM
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Thrace off Thrace off

Nearly 30 years after a Handel opera last played there, Carnegie Hall presented The English Concert opening a three-year opera-oratorio project on Sunday afternoon with Radamisto.

By February 25, 2013 at 7:49 PM
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