United Kingdom Tippett and Mahler: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 22.4.2018. (JPr)
Coherent, Evocative and Engrossing Mahler from Simon Rattle and the LSO
Jim Pritchard
Yoncheva, Beczała and Ageless Domingo Headline a Memorable Luisa Miller from the Met
United States Verdi, Luisa Miller: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Bertrand de Billy (conductor), Met Live in HD broadcast to the Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.4.2018. (JPr)
English National Ballet’s Voices of America is Another Remarkable Company Achievement
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Voices of America (choreography by Azure Barton, William Forsythe and Jerome Robbins): Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 12.4.2018. (JPr)
David Hare’s Glyndebourne Origin Story Fails to Hit any High Notes
United Kingdom David Hare, The Moderate Soprano: Duke of York’s Theatre, London, 11.4.2018. (JPr)
Aljaž Škorjanec, Janette Manrara and Company are Absolute Joy in Remembering Fred
United Kingdom Various composers, Remembering Fred: Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara (co-creators and choreography) and Company (Adrian Hansel, Miranda Wilford [featured singers], Charlie Bruce, Aaron Bryan, Scott Coldwell, Alastair Crosswell and Veronica Fulton), Gareth Walker (director and choreographer), Barnaby Dickenson (musical director), London Palladium, 7.4.2018. (JPr)
ENB’s My First Ballet: Swan Lake is Exceptional for the Young and Young At Heart
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, English National Ballet’s My First Ballet: Swan Lake: Louise Calf (narrator), Dancers of the English National Ballet School, Peacock Theatre, London. 29.3.2018. (JPr)
The Royal Ballet’s Triple Bill Celebrates the Bernstein Centenary
United Kingdom Bernstein Centenary – Yugen, The Age of Anxiety & Corybantic Games: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels & Barry Wordsworth (conductors). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast to Cineworld Basildon from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 27.3.2018. (JPr)
Netrebko, Lučić and Pappano Make Royal Opera’s Macbeth Revival Memorable
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 25.3.2018. (JPr)
