So do we exchange jolly peasants for glowering apparatchiks? Hardly – this is as entertaining a version of Smetana’s opera as you could wish, but the celebration of Czech nationalism has extra edge ...
Coming from a rural backwater in a sparsely populated land boasting just one opera house, the Norwegian soprano Solveig Kringelborn is the archetypal small-town girl made good. Coming from a rural ...
From The Lands of The Northern Lights: Owain Arwel Hughes and Halle are joined by pianist Martin Roscoe for Grieg's Piano Concerto, Smetana's Bartered Bride and Sibelius' Symphony No 2, BH, 7.30pm.