United Kingdom Harry Warren and Al Dubin’s 42nd Street: Company of 42nd Street, Jae Alexander (musical director). Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. 5.4.2017. (JPr)
42nd Street Brings the Hip Hooray and Ballyhoo of Broadway to Drury Lane
Jim Pritchard
Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic on Distinguished Form at the Barbican
United Kingdom Bartók and Mahler: Christina Landshamer (soprano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 31.3.2017. (JPr)
The Royal Opera’s sublime Madama Butterfly finds Pappano at his very best
United Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Directed for the screen by Matthew Woodward and broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 30.3.2017. (JPr)
Young English National Ballet Talent Impresses in Bausch, Forsythe and van Manen Choreography
United Kingdom Various composers, English National Ballet – Bausch/Forsythe/Van Manen: Dancers of English National Ballet, Olga Khoziainova (piano), English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 23.3.2017. (JPr)
Stephen Gould and Petra Lang Transcend the Routine in McVicar’s Vienna Tristan
Austria Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Mikko Franck (conductor), Vienna, Austria, 15.3.2017. (JPr)
Pappano, Chorus and Orchestra Excel in Holten’s Farewell Die Meistersinger at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 11.3.2017. (JPr)
ETO Begin their Spring Tour and Bring Tosca to the Hackney Empire
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists and Ensemble of English Touring Opera / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Hackney Empire, London. 9.3.2017. (JPr)
OperaHerts’ Tosca Brings ‘Opera on the Grandest Scale’ to Clarendon Muse
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, OperaHerts Chorus, Choirs of Watford Grammar School for Boys and James Rich (percussion) were directed from the piano by Phillip Thomas. Clarendon Muse, Watford, Hertfordshire. 4.3.2017. (JPr)