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Robert Farr

Convincing Acting and Singing Overcomes an Overloud Orchestra in WNO’s La bohème

17/04/201713/04/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini: La bohème: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Manlio Benzi (conductor). Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 5.4.2017. (RJF)

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Café Momus – WNO’s La bohème (c) Robert Workman

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WNO Present an Extremely Esoteric Work on their 2017 Tour

17/04/201713/04/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Frank Martin, Le Vin Herbe: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor). Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 4.4.2017. (RJF)

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WNO’s Le Vin Herbe (c) Robert Workman

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Excellent Singing and Acting Enables RNCM’s Students to Create Meaningful Drama in Theodora

07/04/201729/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Theodora: Soloists and Chorus of RNCM Opera Orchestra / Roger Hamilton (conductor), Opera Theatre , Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 24.3.2017. (RJF)

Theodora
Romans roistering in RNCM’s Theodora (c) RNCM

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A Well-Sung and Acted Performance of La Cenerentola at Opera North

18/03/201713/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini, La Cenerentola: Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Wyn Daview (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 9.3.2017.  (RJF)

'La Cenerentola' (c) Richard Hubert Smith
La Cenerentola (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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Opera North Concludes Its Trio of Fairy Tale Operas with a Fine Production of Snow Maiden

19/03/201713/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Snow Maiden (sung in English): Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Leo McFall (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 10.3.2017. (RJF)

Snow Maiden (c) Richard Hubert Smith.
Snow Maiden (c) Richard Hubert Smith.

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Alstaedt and Opera North Render an Unrecognizable Hansel and Gretel

18/03/201713/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Opera North – Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (sung in English): Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Christophe Alstaedt (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 8.3.2017. (RJF)

Hansel&G (C) Robert Workman
Opera North’s Hansel and Gretel (c) Robert Workman

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Robert Farr reports on the 26th Annual Singing Competition Final – Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award for Singers

02/03/202305/03/2017 by Robert Farr

The 26th Annual Singing Competition Final – Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award for Singers at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester on 28th February 2017

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Very High Standards Attained by Young RNCM Students

14/08/202013/02/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Competition Final of the 32nd Annual Frederic Cox Award for Singing: Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 6.2.2017. (RJF)

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