United Kingdom Mozart, Martinů, Taneyev: Martinů Quartet, Olga Vinokur (piano), Kings Place, London 27.10.2013 (GDn)
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A Sparsely Populated Berlin for Cabaret
United States Kander and Ebb, Cabaret: Soloists, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, 19.10.2013 (RDA)
Refinement and Intimacy in Prégardien’s Lieder Recital
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 9 – Mendelssohn, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler: Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 25.10.2013
A Classy and Successful Revival of George Lloyd’s First Opera.
United Kingdom George Lloyd, Iernin (a Celtic Opera in Three Acts to a libretto by William A.C. Lloyd): Surrey Opera / Jonathan Butcher (conductor), Alexander Hargreaves (director), Trinity School Concert Hall/Theatre, Croydon, 24.10.2013 (RB)
Love and Treachery with Plenty of Laughs in Cavalli’s Jason
United Kingdom Cavalli, Jason: English Touring Opera and the Old Street Band / Joseph McHardy (conductor), Festival Theatre, Malvern, 26.10.2013. (RJ)
- Catrine Kirkman (Isiphile), Clint van der Linde (Jason), Michal Czerniawski (Delfa), Hannah Pedley (Medea), John-Colyn Gyeantey (Egeus), Peter Aisher (Demus), Piotr Lempa (Orestes), Andrew Slater (Hercules), English Touring Opera // Cavalli, Jason (Giasone). Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Infrequently-Heard Prokofiev and Poulenc Given an Airing by Nézet-Séguin and the LPO
United Kingdom Poulenc and Prokofiev: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Kate Royal (soprano), London Philharmonic Choir, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.10.2013 (MB)
Marin Alsop and the São Paulo Symphony Bring Brazilian Flair to London
United Kingdom Guarnieri, Bernstein, Berio: Swingle Singers, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.10.2013 (GDn)
Fun and Intrigue in ETO’s Agrippina
United Kingdom Handel: Agrippina: English Touring Opera, Old Street Band / Jonathan Peter Kenny (conductor), Festival Theatre, Malvern, 24.10.2013. (RJ)
