The Southbank Centre Presents Stockhausen’s Donnerstag aus Licht
24/05/2019
Stockhausen, Donnerstag aus Licht: Soloists, Le Balcon, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, New London Chamber Choir, London Sinfonietta / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 22.5.2019. (CC)
Henri Deléger, (Michael, trumpet), Emmannuelle Grach (Michael, dancer)
and Safir Behloul (Michael in Act III, tenor) (c) Tristram Kenton
Alagna and Radvanovsky Transcend Criticism in Giordano’s Overwrought Andrea Chénier
22/05/2019
Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20.5.2019. (JPr)
Roberto Alagna (Andrea Chénier) & Sondra Radvanovsky (Maddalena)
(c) Tristram Kenton
Opera North’s Aida is Superb in Music and Concept
22/05/2019
Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Sir Richard Armstrong (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.5.2019. (SRT)
Opera North’s Aida (c) Clive Barda
Glyndebourne Fails to Make the Case for Staging La Damnation de Faust
20/05/2019
Glyndebourne Festival 2019 [1] – Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Soloists, Dancers, Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus master: Aidan Oliver), Glyndebourne Youth Opera, Trinity Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 18.5.2019. (MB)
La Damnation de Faust (c) Richard Hubert Smith
Another Opportunity to Experience Henze’s Phaedra in London
20/05/2019
Henze, Phaedra: Soloists, Southbank Sinfonia / Edmund Whitehead (conductor), Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 16.5.2019. (MB)
Phaedra (c) Bill Cooper
ENO’s Paul Bunyan is a Magnificent, Hugely Entertaining Evening
15/05/2019
Britten, Paul Bunyan: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera / James Henshaw (conductor), Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, 13.5.2019. (CC)
Elgan Llyr Thomas as Johnny Inkslinger (c) Genevieve Girling
Some Outstanding Singing Gives Pleasure in WNO’s Spidery Roberto Devereux
30/04/2019
Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 25.4.2019. (RJF)
Joyce El-Khoury (Elisabeth) & Barry Banks (Roberto Devereux) (c) Bill Cooper
WNO’s Scintillatingly Sung and Played The Magic Flute Deserved a New Staging
28/04/2019
Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Damian Iorio (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 24.4.2019. (RJF)
Ben Johnson (Tamino) (c) Bill Cooper
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