United States New York Opera Fest – Hertzberg, The Rose Elf: Soloists and Orchestra / Teddy Poll (conductor), The Catacombs, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York, 10.6.2018. (RP)
Communing with the Dead at the Premiere of David Hertzberg’s The Rose Elf
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Liam Scarlett’s cygnet for The Royal Ballet is not yet a fully-fledged new Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of The Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and relayed to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 12.6.2018. (JPr)
Many Musical Rewards in Capriccio at Garsington
United Kingdom Strauss, Capriccio: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera House, Wormsley, 9.6.2018. (MB)
A Somewhat Passionless Manon Lescaut at the Liceu
Spain Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10 & 11.6.2018. (JMI)
Daniel McCormick Wins English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2018
United Kingdom English National Ballet Emerging Dancer 2018: Nominated dancers, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Live streamed from London Coliseum, London, 11.6.2018. (JPr)
ETO’s Gimmicky-less Figaro was a Highly Entertaining Evening
United Kingdom Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Christopher Stark (conductor), Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 9.6.2018. (MC)
Anthony Negus’s Conducting Allows Longborough’s Der fliegende Holländer to Conquer High Seas
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2018 [1] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, 9.6.2018. (JPr)
Two Operatic Dining Experiences Excellently Portrayed at the Guildhall School
United Kingdom Hindemith and Berkeley: Soloists, Orchestra of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama / Dominic Wheeler (conductor). Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School, London, 4.6.2018. (MB)
