Concert Review: It’s Not Called “Emmanuel ‘Music’” for Nothing

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Andrew J. Sammut

A Pretty Accurate Summary, bu Not Evaluation, of Mozart's Opera

Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito is often critiqued for its dramatic shortcomings, yet Saturday night it was easy to forget “scholarship.” Emmanuel Music turned out a powerhouse performance of Mozart’s penultimate opera, and all they needed was music! Here’s my coverage in The Boston Musical Intelligencer:

Music Only, Mercifully, in Tito

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3 Responses to Concert Review: It’s Not Called “Emmanuel ‘Music’” for Nothing

Bill Jones says:

April 20, 2012 at 12:51 pm

Nice concert review. Pretty simple yet so nice to read. Great job!

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- M. Figg says:
  
  April 20, 2012 at 1:42 pm
  
  Thanks for reading and for commenting, Bill! Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you’ll come back!
  
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Bill Jones says:

April 20, 2012 at 10:21 pm

I would love to. I am fan of reading nice concert reviews. You sure did a good job.

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