Jim Pritchard – Seen and Heard International

Final(?) ROH performances of Serban’s Turandot is splendidly sung, but not by those you might expect

23/03/202323/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot (completed by Franco Alfano): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 22.3.2023. (JPr)

Yonghoon Lee (Calaf), Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Vitalij Kowaljow (Timur) © Marc Brenner

Far from ‘Fab-u-lous’, but it was a standing ovation for Strictly Ballroom The Musical at Cliffs Pavilion

21/03/202321/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 20.3.2023. (JPr)

Kevin Clifton (Scott Hastings) and Maisie Smith (Fran) © Ellie Kurttz

Between two realms: Piotr Beczała stars in François Girard’s new Lohengrin at the Met

19/03/202319/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Directed for The Met: Live in HD by Gary Halvorson and seen at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 18.3.2023. (JPr)

Final scene of François Girard’s *Lohengrin* © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

Amongst the magnolias you will bond with Robert Harling’s steely women

09/03/202309/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Steel Magnolias (a play by Robert Harling): Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 7.3.2023. (JPr)

Caroline Harker (far l, Clairee), Laura Main (M’Lynn), Elizabeth Ayodele (Annelle), Lucy Speed (Truvy) and Diana Vickers (Shelby) © Pamela Raith

Akram Khan’s Creature – back on stage soon and on screen – does not do justice to the subject matter

02/03/202302/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

Creature: A film by Asif Kapadia of Akram Khan’s ballet for English National Opera

ENB’s dancers in the film version of Akram Khan’s *Creature*

Spousal abuse, racism and misogyny explored in Clint Dyer’s Othello production for the National Theatre

26/02/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom National Theatre Live’s Othello: filmed live (directed by Matthew Amos) on the Lyttleton stage of the Royal National Theatre and shown at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 23.2.2023. (JPr)

Paul Hilton (Iago) and System © Myah Jeffers

Rick Wakeman revisits classic King Henry VIII and King Arthur albums at a triumphant Palladium concert

25/02/202325/02/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom The Return of the Caped Crusader – Rick Wakeman Live at the London Palladium: Rick Wakeman (keyboards), Hayley Sanderson (vocals), English Rock Ensemble (Dave Colquhoun [guitar and backing vocals], Adam Falkner [drums], Lee Pomeroy [bass and backing vocals], Adam Wakeman [keyboards, guitar, backing vocals], The English Chamber Choir (conductor: Guy Protheroe). London Palladium, 22.2.2023. (JPr)

The Return of the Caped Crusader – Rick Wakeman Live at the London Palladium © Lee Wilkinson

The Royal Opera’s Barber of Seville revival is full of musical joie de vivre

02/03/202317/02/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Rafael Payare (conductor). Broadcast (directed for the screen by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 15.2.2023. (JPr)

Andrzej Filończyk (Figaro) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina) © Bill Cooper

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