United Kingdom Janáček, Jenufa: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Aleksandar Marković (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 22.10.2015 (JL)
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Well-Rehearsed Covent Garden Carmen Lacks a Dramatic Coup de Grâce
United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists and Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 19.10.2015 (JPr)
Drug-fuelled La bohème is Not the Fix ENO Needs
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Xian Zhang (conductor). London Coliseum, 16.10.2015. (JPr)
(c) Tristram Kenton
Strong Musical Values in Glyndebourne Touring’s Entführung
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus master: Jeremy Bines), Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra, Christoph Altstaedt (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, 15.10.2015
A Remarkably Energising Ariadne auf Naxos at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 10.10.2015 (CC)
(c) Catherine Ashmore/ROH
ETO Recreates the Age of Silent Films in Tales of Hoffmann
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)
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)
photo: Patrick Redmond
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)