Jim Pritchard – Page 24 – Seen and Heard International

Cliffs Pavilion sees Joe Pasquale at his childlike comic best in Peter Pan as a traditional panto

15/12/202314/12/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Peter Pan (adapted by Alan McHugh with additional material by Joe Pasquale and Matt Slack): Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 12.12.2023. (JPr)

Morgan Jackson as Peter Pan with members of the ensemble

A very well sung new Turandot in Naples is not the car crash it might appear to be

18/12/202313/12/2023 by Jim Pritchard

Italy Puccini, Turandot: Children’s Chorus (director: Stefania Rinaldi), Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro di San Carlo / Dan Ettinger (conductor). Livestreamed on medici.tv from Teatro di San Carlo, Naples. 9.12.2023. (JPr)

Vasily Barkhatov’s *Turandot* at Naples’s Teatro di San Carlo

The Metropolitan Opera’s Florencia en el Amazonas fails to float my boat

12/12/202311/12/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United States Daniel Catán, Florencia en el Amazonas: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Transmitted live (directed by Gary Halvorson) and seen at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.12.2023. (JPr)

Ailyn Pérez (Florencia Grimaldi) with waterlilies © Ken Howard/Met Opera

La Scala’s new ‘stand and deliver’ Don Carlo is excellently sung with Netrebko and Garanča outstanding

12/12/202310/12/2023 by Jim Pritchard

Italy Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Livestreamed on Medici.tv from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 7.12.2023. (JPr)

Anna Netrebko (Elisabeth de Valois) © Brescia e Amisano/Teatro alla Scala

Dancing in a Winter Wonderland: Aljaž and Janette return to celebrate love, kindness, family and Christmas

22/05/202504/12/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Aljaž and Janette – Dancing in a Winter Wonderland: Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara (co-creators and choreography) and Company (Miranda Wilford, Adrian Hansel [featured singers], Robbie Kmetoni, Faye Huddleston [lead partners], Kiera Brunton, Jack Dargen, Kate Kenrick, George Michaelides, Tonyé Scott-Obene, Rose Wild [ensemble]), Gareth Walker (show director and choreographer), Scott Coldwell (associate director and assistant chorographer), Matt Howes (musical director), Doug FF Cairns (set and lighting designer), Ryan Howard (screen content). Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, 1.12.2023. (JPr)

Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara © Fiona Whyte for The TCB Group

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Cliffs Pavilion sees Joe Pasquale at his childlike comic best in Peter Pan as a traditional panto

A very well sung new Turandot in Naples is not the car crash it might appear to be

The Metropolitan Opera’s Florencia en el Amazonas fails to float my boat

La Scala’s new ‘stand and deliver’ Don Carlo is excellently sung with Netrebko and Garanča outstanding

Dancing in a Winter Wonderland: Aljaž and Janette return to celebrate love, kindness, family and Christmas

So much song, dance and laughter from consummate showman Anton Du Beke and friends

You’ll remember Asmik Grigorian’s singing as Salome long after Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production is forgotten

Henry Waddington is compelling in the title role of Opera North’s Green Season Falstaff