WNO’s ‘Musically Glorious’ Rosenkavalier shines in a Perceptive and Focused Production
21/06/2017
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 10.6.2017. (GPu)
Rebecca Evans (Marschallin) in WNO’s Der Rosenkavalier (c) Bill Cooper
Impressive Young Singers Vie with Foxing Visuals in Janáček’s Opera
20/06/2017
Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Orchestrof Byre Opera / Michael Downes (conductor), Byre Theatre, St Andrews, 17.6.2017. (SRT) Read more
Garsington Opera’s Provocative and Compelling Staging of Pelléas et Mélisande
20/06/2017
Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Philharmonia Orchestra & Garsington Opera Chorus / Jac van Steen, Garsington Opera, Wormsley, 18.6.2017. (CR)
Mélisande (Andrea Carroll) In Pelléas et Mélisande (c) Clive Barda
Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – A Concert Hall Celebration
18/06/2017
Aldeburgh Festival 2017 [1} – Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor), The Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk 12.6.2017. (MH)
Aldeburgh Festtival 2017 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c) Hugo Glendinning
Anthony Negus and Carmen Jakobi’s Tristan und Isolde at Longborough Excels Musically and Scenically
14/06/2017
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, 12.6.2017. (JPr)
Lee Bisset (Isolde) & Peter Wedd (Tristan) in LFO’s Tristan und Isolde (c) Matthew Williams-Ellis
Lovely European Premiere of Schnyder’s Yardbird at the English National Opera
13/06/2017
Schnyder, Yardbird: Soloists, Members of the Orchestra of English National Opera / Clark Rundell. Hackney Empire, London, 9.6.2017. (CC)
ENO’s Yardbird with Lawrence Brownlee (Charlie Parker) (c) Richard Hubert Smith
ETO’s Tosca Draws you into a Stifling Environment of Unease and Fear
13/06/2017
Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Ensemble and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire. 10.6.2017. (MC)
ETO’s Tosca – Craig Smith (Scarpia) & Paula Sides (Tosca) © Richard Hubert Smith
An Outstanding, Powerful Jenůfa at Grange Park Opera
13/06/2017
Janáček, Jenůfa: Soloists and Chorus of Grange Park Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra / William Lacey (conductor), Grange Park Opera, West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley, 11.6.2017. (VV)
Susan Bullock (Kostelnička) & Natalya Romaniw (Jenůfa) (c) Robert Workman
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