United Kingdom Tippett, King Priam: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of English Touring Opera / Michael Rosewell (conductor), Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 13.2.2014 (MB)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Misconceived Approach to Manon Lescaut Can’t Hide its Musical Power Entirely
United Kingdom Puccini, Manon Lescaut: (UK Production Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.2.2014 (GPu)
Retrospection and Humour in Pina Bausch Dance Piece
United Kingdom Various Composers, 1980 – A Piece by Pina Bausch: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 11.02.2014 (JO’D)
Handel’s Theodora: a Simply Terrific Evening
United Kingdom Handel Theodora, HWV68 (1750) Soloists, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, The English Concert, Harry Bickett (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.2.2014. (CC)
Charm and Grace Abound in Mid-Wales Opera’s Acis and Galatea
United Kingdom Handel, Acis and Galatea (production premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Brecon Baroque / Nicholas Cleobury (conductor) Richard Burton Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 30.1.2014 (GPu)
Texan Oilmen and Ranchers in Fulham Opera’s Rheingold
United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists of Fulham Opera, Nick Fletcher (piano accompanist), Peter Relton (revival director). St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 9.2.2014. (JPr)
Opera North Ratchets Up Tension in Macbeth Revival
United KingdomVerdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Tobias Ringborg(conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 7.2.2014 (JL)
Jenůfa Premieres in Helsinki
Janáček Jenůfa: Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Jakob Hrůša (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 24.1.2014 (Premiere)(GF)