United Kingdom Mastersingers 25th Anniversary – 2024 Carole Rees Awards: St John’s Waterloo, London, 5.10.2024. (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
A dynamic ensemble cast makes Cluedo 2 overcome its leaden start
United Kingdom Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks’s Cluedo 2: Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 17.9.2024. (JPr)
Saffron Opera Group’s Meistersinger for its 10th anniversary was a triumph over adversity
United Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Saffron Opera Group Chorus (chorus director: James Davey), Saffron Opera Group Orchestra / Michael Thorne (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, 15.9.2024. (JPr)
Siobhan Stagg steps in as Susanna and is the undoubted star of David McVicar’s Marriage of Figaro revival
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera / Julia Jones (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Rhodri Huw) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 10.9.2024. (JPr)
Riccardo Chailly’s Lucerne Mahler 7 is one of the very best
Switzerland Lucerne Summer Festival 2024 – Mahler’s Seventh Symphony: Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ute Feudel) from the Konzertsaal des KKL Luzern, 16.8.2024 and available on ARTE Concert until 19.8.2025. (JPr)
Here You Come Again: Tricia Paoluccio walks, talks and sings so much like Dolly in a new musical
United Kingdom Here You Come Again: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 20.8.2024. (JPr)
A micro-managed Salzburg Mahler Ninth from Andris Nelsons and the VPO was fine, how could it not be?
Austria Salzburg Festival [5] – Mahler, Symphony No.9: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Leopold Knötzl) from the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 11.8.2024 and available on STAGE+. (JPr)
What a delight it was to see and hear the talented young NYO musicians in stormy Wagner and epic Mahler
United Kingdom PROM 30 – Wagner, Mazzoli, Howard, Mahler: Musicians from NYO Inspire, The National Youth Orchestra / Alexandre Bloch (conductor), Tess Jackson (conductor, Howard). Recorded (directed by Rhodri Huw) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2024 and available for a limited time on BBC iPlayer. (JPr)
