Sam Smith

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Sam Smith is an NHS Manager by day, and, for five years now, a reviewer by night. He covers opera, classical music and the occasional piece of jazz for musicOMH, and theatre and ballet for other websites. He has a PhD in Political History from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a particular love of Wagner. He fondly remembers going to Bayreuth at the age of seven to watch the entire Ring Cycle, and his signed book from Wolfgang and Gudrun remains one of his most cherished possessions. He is just at home, however, listening to a Handel oratorio, and loves the gargantuan Proms as much as the intimate Wigmore Hall. More generally, Sam has a wide ranging interest in the performing arts, art and architecture, and has been known to have spent more time in exhibitions on the Italian Renaissance or German Expressionism than it would take to see Götterdämmerung!
Sam Smith


Articles by Sam Smith


Die Walküre review – The London Opera Company at St John’s, Smith Square (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Respighi Opera Double Bill review – the Guildhall School of Music & Drama performs two extremely worthwhile rarities  (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Esther Yoo and Jae Hong Park review – a dazzling display of technique and virtuosity at the Wigmore Hall (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno review – The English Concert shines at the Wigmore Hall (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo review – Vox Luminis at the Wigmore Hall (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Armida Quartet review – Mendelssohn, Mozart and Robert Schumann at the Wigmore Hall (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
At the Venice Fair review – Salieri’s commedia per musica receives its UK premiere from Bampton Classical Opera (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Prom 71 review – quality and exuberance at The Last Night of the Proms (BBC Proms reviews)
Prom 64 review – Les Troyens in concert at the Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms reviews)
Prom 50 review – a performance of Handel’s Samson to draw the listener in (BBC Proms reviews)
Prom 49 review – Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri enjoys its first complete performance at the BBC Proms   (BBC Proms reviews)
Prom 43 review – Kurtág’s Endgame enjoys its UK premiere at the Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms reviews)
Ruddigore review – Charles Court Opera makes its annual visit to Opera Holland Park (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Prom 31 review – Dialogues des Carmélites comes from Glyndebourne to the Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms reviews)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – Peter Hall’s classic production at Glyndebourne (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
The Rake’s Progress review – Hockney meets Hogarth at Glyndebourne (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
The Fairy Queen review – Purcell ‘reimagined’ at Longborough Festival Opera (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci review – two tales in the same village at West Green House Opera (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Robinson Crusoe review – Offenbach takes flight at West Green House Opera (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
Itch review – Jonathan Dove’s opera enjoys its world premiere at Opera Holland Park (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)
La bohème review – opera in the age of film at Opera Holland Park (Opera + Classical Music Reviews)