United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists and Saffron Opera Group Orchestra / Michael Thorne (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, 17.1.2016. (JPr)
Das Rheingold is a Memorable Start to Saffron Opera Group’s Ring
Jim Pritchard
Met’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles Commemorates the Centenary of its Last Appearance
United States Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 17.1.16. (JPr)
Mob Rule Throughout in Dudamel’s The Rite of Spring
United Kingdom Stravinsky: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 14.1.2016. (JPr)
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre 14.01.16 © Nohely Oliveros
A Playful Tamara Rojo Leads ENB’s Spirited Le Corsaire
United Kingdom Adam and Other Composers, Le Corsaire: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet School and Tring Park School of the Performing Arts, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). London Coliseum, London. 13.1.2016. (JPr)
Viva La Diva! Angela Gheorghiu Returns as Tosca at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 9.1.2016. (JPr)
Cecilia Bartoli and Rolando Villazón Raise the Roof Eventually at the Barbican
United Kingdom Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini – Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) and Rolando Villazón (tenor): Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe), Orchestra La Scintilla of the Zurich Opera /Ada Pesch (concertmaster). Barbican Hall, London, 18.12.2015. (JPr)
English National Ballet’s Nutcracker Continues to Cast its Magical Spell
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, Students from the English Ballet School, Supplemented Choir from Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and English National Ballet Philharmonic/Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 16.12.2015. (JPr)
(c) Laurent Liotardo
A Rare Chance to Hear Waltraud Meier in Recital in London
United Kingdom Mahler and Wagner – Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Breinl (piano): Wigmore Hall, London 15.12.2015. (JPr)
