United Kingdom Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady: Company, English National Opera Orchestra / Gareth Valentine (conductor). 18.5.2022 (JPr)
‘With a Little Bit of Luck’ you’ll overlook the faults of Bartlett Sher’s My Fair Lady and have a loverly time
Jim Pritchard
Stefan Herheim’s tide of humanity reimagines Das Rheingold and Die Walküre in Berlin
Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre: Soloists, actors, Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Filmed (directed by Götz Filenius) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in November 2021 and now available on Marquee TV. (JPr)
Outstanding concert from Nelsons and his Gewandhaus Orchestra in a truncated The Strauss Project
United Kingdom The Strauss Project Part I: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 9.5.2022. (KMcD)
All that glitters! Zeffirelli’s Turandot returns to the Met as thoughts turn to Ukraine
United States The Met: Live in HD – Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 7.5.2022. (JPr)
The talented cast of The Play That Goes Wrong 2022 UK tour will have you laughing out loud
United Kingdom The Play That Goes Wrong: Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Essex, 3.5.2022. (JPr)
Dorothea Röschmann helps illuminate song at the 11th Leeds Lieder Festival
United Kingdom 11th Leeds Lieder Festival Opening Gala Recital: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) and Joseph Middleton (piano). Livestreamed (and now available on YouTube) from Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, 28.4.2022. (JPr)
Calixto Bieito’s Vienna Tristan is Wagner, Richard, but not as we know it!
Austria Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Anna Gettel) from Vienna State Opera, 27.4.2022. (JPr)
Theatrical excess spoils an otherwise well-sung and played Der fliegende Holländer in Mannheim
Germany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Nationaltheater Mannheim / Jordan de Souza (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Florian Breuer) on 24.4.2022 from the Nationaltheater Mannheim (available on YouTube and OperaVision until 24.10.2022). (JPr)
