Page 389 - Liverpool Philharmonic 22-23 Season Coverage Book

12 March 2023

A comic collaboration in Liverpool: Sir Bryn

Terfel sings Gianni Schicchi

By Peter Connors,

The first part of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s latest concert with Chief
Conductor Domingo Hindoyan comprised orchestral music from five late-19th-century
Italian operas, starting with the dramatic Tregenda from Puccini’s Le Villi. The large
orchestra filled the stage and was on top form, the strings soaring and swooping. The
dramatic and beautiful Intermezzo sinfonico from Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz was especially
striking. Hindoyan accentuated the humour of Ponchielli’s delightful Dance of the
Hours from La Gioconda, adding magic to a well-known piece.

Sir Bryn Terfel and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
© Mark McNulty