United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival [2] – Cardiff, 20 & 21.5.2019. (PCG)
Festival 2019
On Site Opera Premieres Murasaki’s Moon at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [5] – Wiancko, Murasaki’s Moon: Soloists, Aizuri String Quartet, Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes, percussion, taiko)/Geoffrey McDonald (conductor), On Site Opera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18.5.2019. (RP)
Rhymes With Opera Explores Loneliness and Love in Two World Premieres
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [4] – Colin Read, On Loneliness and Solitude; Daniel Thomas Davis, The Impossible She: Soloists, Rhymes With Orchestra / George Lam (conductor), Rhymes With Opera, 124 Bank Street Theatre, New York, 17.5.2019. (RP)
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Glyndebourne Fails to Make the Case for Staging La Damnation de Faust
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2019 [1] – Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Soloists, Dancers, Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus master: Aidan Oliver), Glyndebourne Youth Opera, Trinity Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 18.5.2019. (MB)
A Memorable Schwanengesang from Roderick Williams and Susie Allan
United Kingdom Chipping Campden Music Festival [2] – Beethoven and Schubert: Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allan (piano). St. James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 19.5.2019. (JQ)
LOTNY Presents the New York Premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Owen Wingrave
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [3] – Britten, Owen Wingrave: Soloists, Orchestra / Richard Cordova (conductor), the little OPERA theatre of ny, GK Arts Center, Brooklyn, 11.5.2019. (RP)
Chipping Campden Hears the Israelites Thrillingly Delivered Out of Egypt
United Kingdom Chipping Campden Music Festival [1] – Handel: BBC Singers, Academy of Ancient Music / Gergely Madaras (conductor). St. James’ Church, Chipping Campden 13.5.2019. (JQ)