United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore: Buxton Festival Youth Production / Rozamond Savourmin (Conductor), Buxton G&S Festival, The Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, 4.8.12. (RJW)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Enrico di Borgogna: Donizetti’s First Masterpiece Revived After 194 Years
Sweden Gaetano Donizetti, Enrico di Borgogna: Soloists, Vadstena Academy Orchestra and Choir, Olof Boman (conductor), Vadstena Castle, 4.8.2012 (NS)
The Venetian Sun Shines on the Buxton Stage
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Gondoliers: G&S Opera Company & Buxton Festival Orchestra / David Steadman (conductor), Buxton G&S Festival, Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire 4,5 & 12.8.12 (RJW)
Lucia di Lammermoor: Viewed and Reviewed Again
Sweden. Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor. Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg. Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). 2.8.2012 (Premiere II)(GF)
English National Ballet Impresses with Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, Coliseum, London, 3.8.2012. (JPr)
Werther in Delirium at Teatro Argentino
Argentina Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Orchestra and Children’s Chorus of Teatro Argentino. Conductor:Benjamin Pionnier, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 27.7.2012. (JSJ)
Bringing the King of the Huns to Life: Attila at Caracalla
Italy Verdi, Attila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome with pupils of the Opera’s Ballet School. Baths of Caracalla, Rome 31.07.2012. (JB)
A Thunderous Performance of Lucia di Lammermoor
Sweden Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor. Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg. Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). 28.7.2012 (Premiere I)(GF)