United Kingdom Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed, Singin’ In The Rain: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 01.03.14 (SRT)
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High Musical Standards in ENO’s Rodelinda
United Kingdom Handel Rodelinda (1725, sung in English): Soloist and Orchestra of English National Opera/Christian Curnyn (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 28.2.2014 (CC)
Moscow Ballet Brings Magical Touch to The Nutcracker
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Moscow City Ballet, Moscow City Ballet Orchestra / Igor Shavruk (conductor)), Richmond Theatre, London, 1.3.2014 (J.O’D)
McVicar’s Traditional Traviata Continues to Illuminate
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata (revival premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Simon Phillippo, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 11.2.2014 (GPu)
A Disappointing Heldenleben from Dohnányi and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Beethoven, Strauss: Martin Helmchen (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.2.2014 (RB)
Life Begins at 70 for Guitarist Gilbert
United Kingdom Gilbert Biberian, Biberian at 70: Evelyne Beech (soprano), Wendy Nieper (soprano), Sarah Ellis (flute), Matthew Morris (flute), Fenner Curtis (Violin), Robert Perry (percussion), Like Dunlea (guitar), Raymond Burley (guitar), Gilbert Biberian (guitar, conductor), The Chapel, Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham, 1.3.2014.
Ex Cathedra Visit a Musical El Dorado
United Kingdom Brazilian Baroque. A Musical Eldorado, Ex Cathedra Choir and Baroque Orchestra, Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor), Town Hall, Birmingham, 1.3.2014 (JQ)
Kristian Bezuidenhout: Convincing Performance that Dazzled on Many Levels
United States C. P. E. Bach, Mozart: Kristian Bezuidenhout (Fortepiano), Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 27.2.2014 (SSM)