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Jim Pritchard

R.I.P. IN MEMORIAM – ALBERTO REMEDIOS CBE (1935-2016)

02/03/202318/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard
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Alberto Remedios (1935-2016)

The death has been announced of Liverpool-born internationally renowned tenor Alberto Remedios CBE

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Negus Brings Persuasive Grandeur and Lightness of Touch to Longborough’s Tannhäuser

19/06/201616/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, 14.6.2015. (JPr)

John Treleaven, Tannhauser (9, 14, 18 June) c. Matthew Williams-Ellis (2)
John Treleaven as Tannhäuser (c) Matthew Williams-Ellis

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Daniel Kramer’s Tristan and Isolde for ENO Lacks Quality and Coherence Despite a Promising Start

16/06/201612/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 9.6.2016. (JPr)

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ENO’s Tristan and Isolde Act I (c) Catherine Ashmore

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The OAE’s 30th Anniversary Der Freischütz Hits the Bullseye

16/06/201608/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weber: Soloists, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.6.2016. (JPr)

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Plácido Domingo Continues to Defy the Years in Covent Garden’s Nabucco

16/06/201607/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 6.6.2016. (JPr)

NABUCCO ; Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) ; The Royal Opera Chorus (as Hebrews) ; The Royal Opera ; At the Royal Opera House, London, UK ; 30 March 2013 ; Credit: Catherine Ashmore / Royal Opera House / ArenaPAL ;
The Royal Opera Chorus sing ‘Va, pensiero’ (c) Catherine Ashmore /ROH

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Daniel Harding’s Vivid Mahler with the LSO

16/06/201606/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Miah Persson (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.6.2016. (JPr)

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English National Ballet Performs Traditional, Timeless Swan Lake In-The-Round

15/07/201606/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of English National Ballet and English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.6.2016. (JPr)

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ENB’s dancers in Swan Lake (c) Laurent Liotardo

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McVicar Brings Out the Comedy in Glyndebourne’s Splendid Die Meistersinger

12/06/201603/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Güttler (conductor). Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex, 2.6.2016. (JPr)

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Final Scene of Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s Die Meistersinger
(c) Tristram Kenton

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