Robert Farr – Page 8 – Seen and Heard International

A Well Sung Bellini Gets an Unwelcome, if Dramatic, Update

17/07/201613/07/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Bellini, I Capuleti e I Montecchi: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Justin Doyle (conductor). Buxton Festival 2016, Opera House, Buxton, 9.7.2016. (RJF)

Stephanie Marshall as Romeo and Sarah-Jane Brandon as Giulietta, Buxton Festival . Photo credit: Robert Workman.

A Rare Opportunity to Hear Handel’s Tamerlano at Buxton

17/07/201613/07/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Handel, Tamerlano: Soloists, The English Concert Orchestra, Laurence Cummings (conductor), Buxton Festival 2016, Opera House, Buxton, 10.7.2016. (RJF)

Robert Davies as Leone, Buxton Festival. Photo credit: Robert Workman.

Well Staged and Well Sung Andrea Chénier from Opera North

26/03/201621/03/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Oliver von Dohnányi (conductor),The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 19.3.2014. (RJF)

Andrea Chenier — *Andrea Chénier* (c) Opera North

Professional Così fan tutte Revival in Salford Fails to Attract a Good Audience

23/03/201619/03/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Sung in English in a translation by Jeremy Sams: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North. Conducted by Anthony Kraus, The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 16.3.2016. (RJF)

Cosi — Opera North’s *Così fan tutte* (c) ON

Mélange of Musical and Production Styles Finds Unity in Figaro Forever

23/03/201617/03/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Rossini, Mozart, Langer, Figaro Forever – A Trilogy of Operas based on Beaumarchais’ Plays: Welsh National Opera on Tour, Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 8-10.3.2016. (RJF)

WNO Figaro Gets a Divorce. Mark Stone (Count) and Elizabeth Watts (Countess). Photo credit - Richard Hubert Smith 4742 — WNO’s *Figaro Gets a Divorce* Mark Stone (Count) and Elizabeth Watts (Countess)
(c) Richard Hubert Smith

Good Cast and a New Director Good Impression at RNCM’s Spring Opera

14/08/202015/03/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music. RNCM Theatre, 13.3.2016. (RJF)

RNCM A78Q7415 — RNCM’s *Così fan tutte* (c) Victoria Haydn

Former Alumni of RNCM Give a Distinguished Performance of Handel’s Alcina

29/02/201624/02/2016 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom George Frederic Handel, Alcina (opera in three acts, 1735): Semi-staged concert performance, with piano accompaniment, of extracts from the opera given by recent alumni of the RNCM. Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. 23rd February 2016 (RF)

Fine Mozart Performances from St George’s Singers. Soloists and Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra

10/11/201623/11/2015 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Mozart: Alison Rose, (soprano), Kitty Whately, (mezzo/alto), Alex Banfield, (tenor), Terence Ayebare, (baritone), St George’s Singers / Neil Tailor (conductor), Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Threlfall (conductor), Concert Hall. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 21.11. 2015. (RJF)

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