Rare Rossini Gets a Good Outing at Buxton.
19/07/2014
United Kingdom Gioachimo Rossini, Otello (concert performance sung in Italian with English surtitles): Soloists, Northern Chamber Orchestra. Buxton Festival Chorus / Stephen Barlow (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 17.7.2014. (RJF) Read more
Dvorák’s Rarely Heard Jacobin is Ideal Festival Fare for Buxton
17/07/2014
United Kingdom Antonin Dvorák, The Jacobin. (sung in English, with surtitles): Soloists, Northern Chamber Orchestra, / Stephen Barlow (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 12.7.2014 (RJF)
The Jacobin – Antonin Dvorak – Buxton Festival – 12th July 2014
A Great Classical Story Gets an Update at Buxton Festival.
16/07/2014
United Kingdom Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Eurydice (sung in Italian with English surtitles): Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus. Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stuart Stratford. (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 13.7.2014. (RJF)
Orfeo Ed Euridice – Christoph Willibald Gluck – Buxton Festival
Big Engines and Voices Get 2014 Buxton Festival Off to a Great Start.
15/07/2014
United Kingdom Opening Gala Concert.: Susan Bullock (Soprano), Richard Berkeley-Steele (tenor), Kinder Children’s Choir of the High Peak (Choir mistress, Joyce Ellis MBE), Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Barlow.(conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 11.7.2014 (RJF)
Susan Bullock and Richard Berkley-Steel in Opera Gala
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