United Kingdom Slade & Reynolds, Salad Days: North West Productions / Robert Owen (conductor and director), Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, 29.7.2013 (RJW)
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Oxbridge Postgrads Perform Slick Yeomen of the Guard
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Yeomen of the Guard: Oxbridge Opera Company / Christopher Milton (conductor), Buxton G&S Festival, Opera House, Buxton, 28.7.2013 (RJW)
DiDonato Triumphs with Rossini
United States Aspen Music Festival (5): Joyce DiDonato (soprano), David Zobel (piano). 23.7.2013 (HS)
Lucid Assurance in Exhilarating Beethoven Chamber Music
United States Beethoven: Paul Hersh (piano), Stefan Milenkovich and Stefan Hersh (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Bonnie Hampton (cello), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 27.7.2013 (BJ)
Waving a Wand: The Magic of John Zorn’s Quartets
United States Lincoln Center Festival, Zorn@60: JACK Quartet, Alchemy Quartet, Brooklyn Rider. Alice Tully Hall, New York City. 20.7.2013 (DS)
PROM 21: Anglo-Russian Prom is Not an Unqualified Success
United States Prom 21: C. Matthews, Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Daniel Hope (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.7.2013 (CC)
Cuban Ballet Legend Remains Firmly in the Spotlight
United Kingdom Liszt, Poulenc, Stravinsky et al – Carlos Acosta, Classical Selection: Carlos Acosta, guest soloists, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 30.7.2013. (JPr)
Roderick Williams’ Outstanding Artistry Compromised by an Inadequate Venue
United Kingdom Sisson, Rasch, Marshall, Holst, Hill, Bridge, Butler, Williams, Britten: Roderick Williams (baritone), Suzie Allen (piano), Three Choirs Festival, Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester. 30.7.2013. (JQ)