Refreshing New Approach to the Orpheus Myth from Versatile Little Bulb Theatre

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Deloitte Ignite Festival 2015 – Django Reinhart: Orpheus: Little Bulb Theatre / Dominic Conway (music director), Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, London, 16.9.2015. (JPr)

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Dominic Conway as Django/Orpheus with the woodland creatures (c) RULER

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Salieri’s Entertaining La Grotta di Trofonio Materialises in London after 240 Years

Bampton Classical Opera Salieri's Trofonio's Cave, Matthew Stiff
Salieri’s Trofonio’s Cave Matthew Stiff as Trofonio
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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Antonio Salieri, Trofonio’s Cave (La Grotta di Trofonio): Soloists and chorus of Bampton Classical Opera and CHROMA conducted by Paul Wingfield. St John’s Smith Square, London, 15.9.2015 (JPr)

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Rattle’s Wonderful Gerontius at the Proms Lacks Dramatic Impact

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 75 – Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Proms Youth Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 11.9.2015 (JPr)

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
in The Dream of Gerontius (c) BBC&Chris Christodoulou

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