United Kingdom Stock Aitken Waterman’s I Should Be So Lucky – The Musical: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 12.3.2024. (JPr)
You just might enjoy Stock Aitken Waterman’s full-on I Should Be So Lucky in spite of yourself
Month: March 2024
Smetana’s wacky village comedy The Kiss gets an exhilarating performance in Ostrava’s celebratory festival
Czech Republic Smetana, The Kiss (Hubička): Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre /Marek Šedivý (conductor). Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 7.3.2024. (GT)
Metropolitan Opera in 2024-2025
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024–25 season. The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024–25 season, which will consist of four Met premieres and 14 repertory favorites. The season opens on 23 September with the premiere of Grounded by Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori, starring Emily D’Angelo as a drone pilot and conducted by Met … Read more
Smetana’s The Two Widows in Ostrava celebrates the 200th anniversary in magnificent style
Czech Republic Smetana, The Two Widows (Dvě vdovy): Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre / Marek Šedivý (conductor). Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 6.3.2024. (GT)
Polpelka, Aimard and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra are close to ideal in Schoenberg and Mahler
Germany Schoenberg and Mahler: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Petr Popelka (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 9.3.2024. (MB)
Martyn Brabbins achieves symbiosis with the audience in Cardiff
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Nielsen, Williams: Liya Petrova (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 9.3.2024. (PCG)
Beguiling Philharmonia programme crossing national borders and mixing musical genres
United Kingdom Glinka, Kapustin, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov: Frank Dupree (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.3.2024. (CSa)
By showing us war is cruel does little to improve Verdi’s uneven La forza del destino at the Met
United States Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). A Live in HD broadcast (directed by Gary Halvorson) from New York’s Metropolitan Opera to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.3.2024. (JPr)
