United Kingdom Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann: English Touring Opera and Orchestra /Philip Sunderland (conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 10.10.15 (RB)
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The Last Hotel from Dennehy & Walsh Focusses on Assisted Suicide
United Kingdom Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh, The Last Hotel: Soloists, Actor and The Crash Ensemble / André de Ridder (conductor), Linbury Studio Theatre, London, 9.10.2015. (JPr)
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Perfect Blend of Youth and Experience Ensures Success of Opera North’s Barber Revival
United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists , Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, Stuart Stratford (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 7.10.2015 (JL)
High Standards of Singing and Playing in Concert Version of Wozzeck
United Kingdom Berg, Wozzeck (concert performance): Zurich Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.10.2015 (MB)
A Musically Sound and Interesting Orlando Which Doesn’t Quite Take Off
United Kingdom Handel, Orlando: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor), Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 27.9.2015 (GPu)
English Touring Opera Takes to the Road with Praiseworthy Pelléas et Mélisande
United Kingdom Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande (arr. Annelies van Parys): Soloists, Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Jonathan Berman (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 1.10.2015 (MB)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Lusty, Powerful Salome
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Salome (concert version): Lise Lindstrom (soprano) and Kim Begley (tenor) and other soloists. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (Conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, England 30.9.2015. (IL)
Jonathan Miller’s ENO Barber as Invigorating as Ever
United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Members of the English National Opera Chorus, Orchestra of English National Opera/Christopher Allen (conductor), London Coliseum, 29.9.2015 (CC)