Germany Bayreuth Festival 2016 [1] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 13.8.2016. (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Plenty of Flames – but no Real Fire – from the Bolshoi Ballet
United Kingdom Boris Asafiev, The Flames of Paris: Soloists and Artists of the Bolshoi Ballet, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre / Pavel Sorokin (conductor), Royal Opera House, London, 6.8.2016. (JPr)
Barry Humphries, Meow Meow and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Celebrate Weimar Germany’s Silenced Voices
United Kingdom Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret: Barry Humphries (conférencier/vocalist), Meow Meow (cabaret artist), Satu Vänskä (violin/vocalist), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (artistic director/violin), Cadogan Hall, London, 29.7.2016. (JPr)
Tripping the Light Fantastic at the Strictly Come Dancing Prom
United Kingdom Prom 8 – Strictly Prom: Various composers: Joanne Clifton, Karen Clifton, Kevin Clifton, Janette Manrara, Giovanni Pernice and Aljaž Škorjanec (dancers), Katie Derham (presenter/dancer), BBC Concert Orchestra/Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 21.7.2016. (JPr)
with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Gavin Sutherland (conductor) (c) Mark Allan
An Uplifting Cinderella from The Australian Ballet
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Cinderella: Soloists and Artists of The Australian Ballet, English National Opera Orchestra / Nicolette Fraillon (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 20.7.2016. (JPr)
(c) Jeff Busby
A Summer Performance Showcases Young Talent Nurtured by the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme
United Kingdom Jette Parker Young Artists’ Programme Summer Concert -Janáček, Gounod, Tchaikovsky, Leoncavallo and Strauss opera excerpts: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Paul Wynne Griffiths, Paul Wingfield & Jonathan Santagada (conductors). The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 18.7.2016. (JPr)
David Junghoon Kim – guest; Rosalinde – Vlada Borovko; Dr Falke – Yuriy Yurchuk;
Prince Orlofsky – Emily Edmonds; Gabriel von Eisenstein – Samuel Dale Johnson; Ida – Lauren Fagan
& Adele – Jennifer Davis (c) Clive Barda
The Australian Ballet’s Swan Lake Revisits a Familiar Royal Love Triangle
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Soloists and Artists of The Australian Ballet, English National Opera Orchestra / Nicolette Fraillon (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 14.7.2016. (JPr)
Much to admire in Grange Park Opera’s Tristan und Isolde
United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists and Chorus of Grange Park Opera, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), The Grange, Alresford, Hampshire, 13.7.2016. (JPr)
(c) Robert Workman