United Kingdom Oliver Rudland, The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark: Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge, 26.11.2011 (KA)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
The Royal College Of Music International Opera School Cooks Up an Entertaining Rare Bizet Double Bill
United Kingdom Bizet , Djamileh and Le docteur Miracle: Soloists and chorus of the Royal International Opera School and Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra, Michael Rosewell(conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 28.11.11. (JPr)
Keep the Slipper: La Cenerentola in Valencia
Spain Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Valencian Community Orchestra, Valencia Regional Government Choir, Michele Mariotti (conductor), Valencia’s Palau de Les Arts, 25.11.2011 (JMI)
English National Opera Revives A Tosca Full Of Love And Music
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera. Conductor: Stephen Lord,London Coliseum, London, 26.11.11. (JPr)
Matthew Bourne’s anarchic Nutcracker is strong on detail
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker: New Adventures, Matthew Bourne (director/choreographer). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 29.11.2011. (SRT)
398 and Little Sign of Ageing
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 25.11.2011. (GR)
Warmhearted, Sympathetic Béatrice et Bénédict at Royal Academy of Music
United Kingdom Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Sir Colin Davis (conductor), Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 23.11.2011 (MB)
Opera North’s New ‘The Queen Of Spades’ Lacks What Is Most Important: Heart.
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Opera North Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Farnes conductor), Barbican Theatre, London, 22.11.2011 (JPr)