The death has been announced of Liverpool-born internationally renowned tenor Alberto Remedios CBE
R.I.P. IN MEMORIAM – ALBERTO REMEDIOS CBE (1935-2016)
Jim Pritchard
Negus Brings Persuasive Grandeur and Lightness of Touch to Longborough’s Tannhäuser
United Kingdom Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, 14.6.2015. (JPr)
Daniel Kramer’s Tristan and Isolde for ENO Lacks Quality and Coherence Despite a Promising Start
United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 9.6.2016. (JPr)
The OAE’s 30th Anniversary Der Freischütz Hits the Bullseye
United 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)
Plácido Domingo Continues to Defy the Years in Covent Garden’s Nabucco
United 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)
Daniel Harding’s Vivid Mahler with the LSO
United Kingdom Mahler: Miah Persson (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.6.2016. (JPr)
English National Ballet Performs Traditional, Timeless Swan Lake In-The-Round
United 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)
McVicar Brings Out the Comedy in Glyndebourne’s Splendid Die Meistersinger
United 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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