United Kingdom Verdi, Don Carlo (Modena version, 1886): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 30.6.2023. (CC)
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Garsington Opera’s The Bartered Bride gets a rather more muted revival
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2023 [3] – Bedřich Smetana, The Bartered Bride: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra / Jac van Steen (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 30.6.2023. (CR)
The cast of New Chamber Opera’s La Frascatana successfully highlight the opera’s levity and good spirits.
United Kingdom New Chamber Opera – Paisiello, La Frascatana (The Girl from Frascati): Soloists, The Band of Instruments / Steven Devine (conductor). New College, Oxford, 28.6.2023. (CR)
Lailo Soliman’s resourceful production of Bushra El-Turk’s Woman at Point Zero
United Kingdom Bushra El-Turk, Woman at Point Zero: Soloists, Ensemble Zar, Kanako Abe (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 28.6.2023. (MB)
Despite some world-class singing, Grange Park Opera’s new Tristan und Isolde misses the boat
United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus of Grange Park Opera, The Gascoigne Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Grange Park Opera, West Horsley, 22.6.2023. (JPr)
Royal Northern Sinfonia, the UK’s only full-time chamber orchestra, lifts Nevill Holt Opera’s La Cenerentola
United Kingdom Nevill Holt Opera 2023 – Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Royal Northern Sinfonia / Dionysis Grammenos (conductor). Nevill Holt, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 23.6.2023. (CP)
Longborough’s L’elisir d’amore excitingly transfers from a Basque to a Cotswold village
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2023 [2] – Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Longborough Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Alice Farnham (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 20.6.2022. (CP)
Sasha Regan’s all-male Mikado offers innocent fun at Wilton’s
United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado: Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 19.6.2023. (CS)