A Well Sung Bellini Gets an Unwelcome, if Dramatic, Update

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bellini, I Capuleti e I Montecchi: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Justin Doyle (conductor). Buxton Festival 2016, Opera House, Buxton, 9.7.2016. (RJF)

Stephanie Marshall as Romeo and Sarah-Jane Brandon as Giulietta, Buxton Festival . Photo credit: Robert Workman.
Stephanie Marshall as Romeo and Sarah-Jane Brandon as Giulietta, Buxton Festival . Photo credit: Robert Workman.

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The More the Merrier: A Kaleidoscope of Shakespeare from Birmingham Royal Ballet

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ciupinski, Purcell & Ellington/Strayhorn – a triple bill of ballet comprising Wink, The Moor’s Pavane and The Shakespeare Suite: Birmingham Royal Ballet with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor) and the Colin Towns’ Mask Orchestra / Paul Murphy (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 22.6.2016. (GR)

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BRB’s The Shakespeare Suite (c) Bill Cooper

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Outstanding, definitive Hänsel und Gretel at RCM worth seeing twice

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Chorus of Echoes, Angels, and Gingerbread Children, Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra / Michael Rosewell (conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 4 and 5.7.2016. (MB)

Elspeth Marrow, Timothy Connor, Kamilla Dunstan and Gemma Lois Summerfield 2 (c) Chris Christodoulou
Elspeth Marrow, Timothy Connor, Kamilla Dunstan and Gemma Lois Summerfield ©(c) Chris Christodoulou

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