United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Moscow City Ballet, Moscow City Ballet Orchestra / Igor Shavruk (conductor)), Richmond Theatre, London, 1.3.2014 (J.O’D)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
McVicar’s Traditional Traviata Continues to Illuminate
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata (revival premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Simon Phillippo, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 11.2.2014 (GPu)
Winning Production of Britten Ballet
United Kingdom Britten: Prince of the Pagodas: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 26.2.2014
Photo: Bill Cooper
Multi-Cultural Britain Comes Under the Spotlight in Dance Piece
United Kingdom Pink, Border Tales: Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, The Place, London, 28.02.2014 (J.O’D)
Francesca Zambello’s Bohème Extravaganza a Brilliant Success
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloist, Chorus, Capital Arts Children’s Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Oliver Gooch (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 27.2.2014 (JPr)
Taiwanese Dancers Enact Chinese Agricultural Year
United Kingdom Various composers, Rice: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan/Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells, London, 27.2.2014 (JO’D)
Triumphant Threepenny Opera Focuses on Urban Destitution
United Kingdom Kurt Weill, The Threepenny Opera: Graeae Theatre Co, Nottingham Playhouse, 25.2.2014 (RD)
Up for grabs – Macheath (MiltonLopes) torn between Lucy (Natasha Lewis) and Polly (CiCi Howells) Photo – Patrick Baldwin
Black and Asian Dancers Steeped in Classical Ballet Tradition
United Kingdom Limbo, Two of a Kind, A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream: Ballet Black, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 26.02.2014 (JO’D)