Scottish Opera Opens the New Season with a Revival of Verdi’s Rigoletto
21/10/2018
Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Rumon Gumba (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 18.10.2018. (GT)
Rigoletto Act III (c) Julie Howden
Cendrillon is a Glyndebourne Success and a Revelation in Repertoire
16/10/2018
Glyndebourne Tour 2018 – Massenet, Cendrillon (Cinderella): Soloists, Chorus Soloists and Orchestra / Duncan Ward (conductor), Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, 13.10.2018. (RD) Read more
Happy Memories and Hopes for a Bright Future from ENO’s Opera For All
15/10/2018
English National Opera’s Opera For All – A Celebration of 50 Years of Opera at the London Coliseum: Soloists, The Porgy and Bess Ensemble, English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Nicholas Ansdell-Evans, Mark Biggins, Martyn Brabbins, Martin Fitzpatrick, James Henshaw, Murray Hipkin, Chris Hopkins (conductors). London Coliseum, 10.10.2018. (JPr)
ENO’s Opera For All (c) Piers Allardyce
Dusapin’s Passion Reminds Us that Myth and Music are Central to the Human Experience
15/10/2018
Music Theatre Wales and National Dance Company Wales – Dusapin, Passion (in English): Jennifer France (Her), Johnny Herford (Him), Cyril Durand-Gasselin, Nikita Goile, Ed Myhill, Julia Rieder, Malik Williams, Queenie Maidment-Otlet (dancers), Exaudi, Sound InterMedia, London Sinfonietta / Geoffrey Paterson (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13.10.2018. (CC)
Jennifer France & Johnny Herford in Passion (c) Clive Barda
Fine ENO Cast but as Catfish Row Comes to the Coliseum Perhaps Porgy and Bess is Too ‘Traditional’
14/10/2018
Gershwin, Porgy and Bess: Soloists, Actors, Chorus, Orchestra of the English National Opera / John Wilson (conductor). London Coliseum, 11.10.2018. (MB)
ENO’s Porgy and Bess (c) Tristram Kenton
WNO’s La Cenerentola Makes Us Laugh, Think and Feel
11/10/2018
Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 5.10.2018. (GPu)
Tara Erraught as Angelina, with mice © Jane Hobson
ENO’s Cast Deserved Better Than This Incompetent, Incoherent Production of Salome
05/10/2018
Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 3.10.2018. (MB)
Allison Cooke (Salome) (c) Catherine Ashmore
A Funeral for the Queen of Carthage is a Remarkable Evening of Purcell
04/10/2018
Purcell: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (harpsichord). Barbican Hall, London, 2.10.2018. (CC)
Dido and Aeneas – Caitlin Hulcup & Rowan Pierce (c) Mark Allan
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