Robert Farr – Page 7 – Seen and Heard International

Spectacular staging and excellent singing make for a vibrant and fast-paced La Vie Parisienne

14/08/202011/12/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Offenbach, La Vie Parisienne: Sung in English in a translation by Alistair Beaton. Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Andrew Greenwood (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music. RNCM Theatre, Manchester, 7.12.2016. (RJF)

RNCM’s *La Vie Parisienne* Act 3 Moulin Rouge (c) Robert Workman

WNO’s Current Macbeth Compares Poorly with Other Verdi Productions over Past 50 Years

03/12/201630/11/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Andriy Yurkevych (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 24.11.2016. (RJF)

Welsh National Opera Chorus - the assassins of Banquo. Photo credit: Richard Hubert Smith. — Welsh National Opera Chorus – the assassins of Banquo (c) Richard Hubert Smith.

Merchant of Venice is not Easy on the Ear but Well Staged and with a Sterling Cast

03/12/201630/11/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom André Tchaikowsky, The Merchant of Venice: Soloists, and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lionel Friend (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 22.11.2016. (RJF)

Trial Scene. Photo credit: Johan Persson. — *The Merchant of Venice* Trial Scene (c) Johan Persson

WNO’s Kiss Me, Kate Receives an Enthusiastic Reception in North Wales

05/12/201630/11/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera /Gareth Jones (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 24.11.2016. (RJF)

Puccini Double Bill Culminates with an Out of this World Ending with Suor Angelica

20/11/201615/11/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Puccini, Il tabarro and Suor Angelica: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Jac Van Steen (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 11.11.2016. (RJF)

Billy Budd Set Fails to Live Up to the Standards of Earlier Opera North Britten Productions

20/11/201614/11/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Britten, Billy Budd: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Garry Walker (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 10.11.2016. (RJF)

Roderick Williams as Billy Budd; Photo credit - Clive Barda. — Roderick Williams as Billy Budd (c) Clive Barda

Opera North Does Full Justice to McVicar’s Production of Rosenkavalier

20/11/201614/11/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Aleksandar Markovic (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 9.11.2016. (RJF)

Ylva Kihlberg as The Marschallin and Helen Sherman as Octavian. Photo credit: Robert Workman. — Ylva Kihlberg (The Marschallin) and Helen Sherman (Octavian) (c) Robert Workman.

Fidelio Reverts to its Original Form at Buxton Festival

17/07/201614/07/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Beethoven, Leonore (or The Triumph of Married Love): Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor), Buxton Festival 2016, Opera House, Buxton, 8.7.2016. (RJF)

Leonore - Ludwig van Beethoven - Buxton Festival - 8th July 2016 Conductor - Stephen Barlow Director - Stephen Medcalf Designer - Francis O’Connor Lighting Designer - Simon Corder Leonore - Kirstin Sharpin Florestan - David Danholt Rocco - Scott Wilde — Beethoven’s *Leonore* (c) Robert Workman

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