Elijah 2025Dundee Choral Union
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Mendelssohn's superb drama appeared to be losing popularity a few years ago, but it seems now to be staging a well-deserved recovery. Hot on the heels of the closing concert at the Edinburgh Festival, with Christopher Maltman, here is a second performance.
It is fifteen years since the Dundee Choral Union last presented it - and the well-chosen protagonist then, Australian Derek Welton, is now an established Wagnerian, with appearances at Bayreuth to his credit. This year's Elijah, Dingle Yandell, seems to be developing his own career nicely.
Jamie MacDougall is, of course, a familiar voice, with regular concert appearances to his credit.
Like the men, the two ladies also work regularly with Scottish Opera. Indeed two nights before this Elijah, Kira Kaplan, recently one of the company's Emerging Artists, will be singing a concert in Glasgow with this orchestra under Stuart Stratford - 'Mad Scenes' by Donizetti (Lucia), Bellini (Amina) and Ambroise Thomas (Ophelia). Kaplan is also fully engaged with both autumn and spring versions of the company's Highlights tours, the length and breadth of Scotland.
