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stephen walsh

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Stephen is a former Observer music critic and a regular contributor to The Times, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent and the BBC. He is the author of a major biography of Stravinsky and other books on Stravinsky, Bartók and Schumann. He holds a chair in music at Cardiff University.

Articles By Stephen Walsh

Candide, Welsh National Opera review - vaut le voyage, just for the visual side

Monday, 26 June 2023 Read more...

L'elisir d'amore, Longborough Festival review - agreeable nonsense in a semi-modern English village

Wednesday, 21 June 2023 Read more...

Götterdämmerung, Longborough Festival review - from the hieratic to the mundane and back

Tuesday, 30 May 2023 Read more...

Kim, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bancroft, St.David's Hall, Cardiff review - finding a style in the Eighties

Friday, 21 April 2023 Read more...

Blaze of Glory!, Welsh National Opera review - sparkling entertainment up the valleys

Monday, 13 March 2023 Read more...

The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera review - Mozart remodelled and remuddled

Monday, 06 March 2023 Read more...

BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC NOW, Jeannin, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff review - competent music-making, interesting choices

Wednesday, 30 November 2022 Read more...

Mahler 9, BBC NOW, Stenz, St David's Hall, Cardiff review - passionate without bloodshed on the rostrum

Saturday, 19 November 2022 Read more...

The Makropulos Affair, Welsh National Opera review - complexity realised brilliantly on the stage

Saturday, 17 September 2022 Read more...

Spell Book/La liberazione di Ruggiero dell'isola di Alcina, Longborough Festival review - the pitfalls of diversity

Monday, 01 August 2022 Read more...

Quo vadis, Three Choirs Festival review - a hundred minutes of smug serenity and flowing piety

Tuesday, 26 July 2022 Read more...

Alcina, Glyndebourne review - Handel on the strand

Monday, 04 July 2022 Read more...

Die tote Stadt, Longborough Festival review - Korngold on the way back

Wednesday, 22 June 2022 Read more...

Tamerlano, The Grange Festival review - Handel brilliant in parts, but you have to wait for the drama

Saturday, 11 June 2022 Read more...

Siegfried, Longborough Festival review - happily concept-free but with 'Good Ideas'

Tuesday, 31 May 2022 Read more...

Jenůfa, Welsh National Opera review - powerful drama with a kitsch tailpiece

Sunday, 13 March 2022 Read more...

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