United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Patience: Singers and musicians of Charles Court Opera / David Eaton (conductor). Opera House, Buxton 4.8.2022. (RJW)
Patience at Buxton: love-sick with alcoholic tendencies
Festivals
Garsington Opera bring their strong Rusalka production to Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [2] – Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 8.8.2022. (SRT)
Christian Blackshaw’s recital at the Lerici Music Festival will linger long in the memory
Italy Lerici Music Festival – Schubert, Schumann: Christian Blackshaw (piano). Teatro All’aperto della Rotonda Vassallo, Lerici, Italy, 5.8.2022. (CC)
At Santa Fe, Quinn Kelsey stars in an energetic Falstaff, and an uneven cast and dire staging undermines Tristan
United States Santa Fe Opera 2022 [3]: (HS)
Ronald Brautigam gets the Edinburgh International Festival 2022 at Queen’s Hall underway
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [1] – Fanny Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert: Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Esther Hoppe (violin), Christian Poltéra (cello). Queen’s Hall, 8.8.2022. (SRT)
Grimeborn Opera Festival’s Siegfried and Götterdämmerung illuminates Hackney Empire
United Kingdom Grimeborn Opera Festival 2022 – Wagner, The Ring Cycle: Siegfried and Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Orpheus Sinfonia / Peter Selwyn (conductor). Hackney Empire, London, 6.8.2022. (JPr)
Iolanthe at Buxton: peers in a pretty pickle
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Iolanthe: National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company’s Chorus and Orchestra / John Andrews (conductor). Opera House, Buxton 3.8.2022. (RJW)
Gilbert & Sullivan’s Utopia, Limited: a show not to be missed
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Utopia, Limited: National Gilbert & Sullivan Company’s Chrous and Orchestra / John Andrews (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 5.8.2022. (RJW)
