London Diaghilev Festival (1) Thamar and Schéhérazade
18/04/2011
Diaghilev Festival (1) Thamar and Schéhérazade, with music by Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov: Guest soloists and dancers of the Kremlin Ballet Company, St Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Titov. London Coliseum, London, 14.4.2011. (JPr) Read more
Eugene Onegin in Bilbao
16/04/2011
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Szeged, Coro de Ópera de Bilbao. Conductor: Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez. Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao. 9.4.2011 (JMI)
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A Grand Macabre “Premiere” in a Troubled Colón
12/04/2011
A Grand Macabre “premiere” in a troubled Colón: Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre: Soloists, Chorus and Pianos and percussion. Conductor: Baldur Brönnimann, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 3.04.2011. (JSJ) Read more
Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; Il Tabarro, English Touring Opera in Cheltenham
11/04/2011
Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; Il Tabarro: English Touring Opera/Michael Rosewell (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7.4.2011.(RJ) Read more
Strauss’s Intermezzo at Scottish Opera
10/04/2011
Ivan the Terrible and Leila Josefowicz
09/04/2011
Prokofiev: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Leila Josefowicz (violin), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Alexei Tanovitsky (bass), Rob Heaps (narrator), Xian Zhang (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 3.4.2011 (CG) Read more
Prokofiev’s Cinderella at The Royal Ballet
09/04/2011
Prokofiev’s Cinderella at The Royal Ballet: Dancers of the Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Pavel Sorokin. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 7.4. 2011. (JPr) Read more
La Clemenza di Tito at English Touring Opera
08/04/2011
Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Richard Lewis (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 6.4.2011. (RJ) Read more
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