Covent Garden presents silent singer tonight

Covent Garden presents silent singer tonight

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norman lebrecht

January 18, 2017

The baritone Christopher Purves has a throat infection and cannot sing in tonight’s Written on Skin.

Good trouper that he is, he will act the part while James Cleverton sings from the wings.

Comments

  • SDG says:
    January 18, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    5 years ago Peter Coleman-Wright was ill and unable to sing Beckmesser. On that occasion he acted the role on stage and the part was sung from the wings by … Christopher Purves.

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  • Operafan says:
    January 18, 2017 at 4:33 pm

    He sounded pretty croaky on Friday night…

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  • Simon says:
    January 19, 2017 at 12:21 am

    And very well sung it was too

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  • Colin G says:
    January 19, 2017 at 7:19 am

    Does Norman mean “trouper”?

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  • Una says:
    January 19, 2017 at 9:52 am

    Where is the under study? Again, why is this happening?

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