Mark Berry – Page 51 – Seen and Heard International

Fine performances – and a large audience – as the BBC Proms return

14/09/202102/08/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom First Night of the Proms – Vaughan Williams, Poulenc, MacMillan, and Sibelius: Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Allan Clayton (tenor), Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone), BBC Singers (chorus-master: Martin Fitzpatrick), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2021. (MB)

Elizabeth Llewellyn (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Tête-à-Tête present Darren Berry’s unusual The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow

14/09/202131/07/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival [1] – Darren Berry: The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow (Acts I and II): Soloists, Darren Berry (narrator), Eddie Giffney (piano). The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, London, 29.7.2021 (MB)

Oscar Dom Victor Castellino (O’Fela, the Crocodile God) (c) Claire Shovelton

Intriguing arrangements and fine musicianship from Anita Monserrat and the members of Mad Song

14/09/202123/07/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Mahler, Müller-Hermann, and Schoenberg: Anita Monserrat (soprano), Mad Song (Hannah Gillingham [flute], James Gilbert [clarinet], Seleni Stewart [violin], Benedict Swindells [cello], Gus Tredwell [piano]) / Joshua Ballance (conductor). St John the Baptist Church, High Barnet, London, 22.7.2021. (MB)

Wonderfully sung and conducted Don Giovanni revival restores opera properly to Covent Garden

21/08/202109/07/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 5.7.2021. (MB)

Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni) and Adela Zaharia (Donna Anna) (c) Bill Cooper

Fine and characterful singing as Die Walküre is heard once more in Wagner-starved London

28/04/202406/07/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, London Opera Company ensemble (Rosemary Taylor [clarinets], Jo Harris [trumpet], William Brown [trombone, bass trumpet], James Bower [percussion]), Peter Selwyn (piano, music director). St John’s, Waterloo, London, 3.7.2021. (MB)

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Fine performances – and a large audience – as the BBC Proms return

Tête-à-Tête present Darren Berry’s unusual The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow

Intriguing arrangements and fine musicianship from Anita Monserrat and the members of Mad Song

Wonderfully sung and conducted Don Giovanni revival restores opera properly to Covent Garden

Fine and characterful singing as Die Walküre is heard once more in Wagner-starved London

Steven Isserlis and Sam Haywood in a splendid finale to the Spotlight Chamber Concerts

Fine performances of Schubert and Mozart trios offer balm in stressful times

Ryan Wigglesworth and the LSO, along with Nicola Benedetti, do five twenty-first century pieces — and themselves — proud