United Kingdom Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/ Richard Farnes (conductor). Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, 23.4.2016 – 21.5.2016. (JL)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Downbeat Atmosphere in Verve’s Performances
United Kingdom Various composers, Thank You For Coming, A Soft Target,The Thin Veil, Almost Poetic: Verve, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, The Place, London, 21. 05. 2015. (J.O’D)
A Delightful Account of Acis and Galatea
United Kingdom Handel: Soloists, Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (director/harpsichord), Milton Court, Barbican, London, 21.5.2016 (CC)
Conlon Leads Powerful Concert Otello
United States Verdi, Otello: (concert performance): Soloists, Cincinnati May Festival, James Conlon (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, 22.5.2016 (RDA)
Colourful and Satisfying Carmen with Gold Standard Orchestral Playing
Germany Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Giuliano Carella (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 14.5.2016. (MC)
Liam Scarlett Generates More Tedium than Horror in Royal Ballet’s Frankenstein
United Kingdom Lowell Liebermann, Frankenstein: Soloists, Corps de Ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra/Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 18.5.2016. (JPr)
NDT2’s Young Dancers Perform in Different Dance
United Kingdom Various composers: NDT2, Dance Consortium, Sadler’s Wells, London, 17.5.2016. (J.O’D)
Cesar Corrales Wins the Emerging Dancer Award Convincingly
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2016 Final: Nominated dancers, soloists, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). London Palladium, London, 17.5.2016. (JPr)