BBC Proms 2022 – Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers - from Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducted by Robin Ticciati [live BBC Radio 3 broadcast].

BBC Proms 2022 – Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers – from Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducted by Robin Ticciati [live BBC Radio 3 broadcast].

Photo, Chris Christodoulou Sunday, July 24, 2022 Royal Albert Hall, London If needed, some background to The Wreckers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreckers_(opera) Also if needed, the synopsis: https://www.glyndebourne.com/opera-archive/explore-our-operas/explore-the-wreckers/the-wreckers-synopsis/ From me, a few words on the music and the performance, beginning with the Overture, a strikingly dark, dramatic and tempestuous piece (heralding shipwrecks and smugglers) that made the short … Continue reading BBC Proms 2022 – Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers – from Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducted by Robin Ticciati [live BBC Radio 3 broadcast].