UK Opera – Page 129 – Seen and Heard International

Rebirth of Tippett’s The Ice Break in a Birmingham Warehouse

19/04/201512/04/2015 by Geoff Read

United Kingdom Tippett, The Ice Break: Soloists, Birmingham Opera Company, Local Chorus of 106 – Jonathan Laird (Chorus Master), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay (conductor), The B12 Warehouse, Birmingham, 8.4.2015 (GR).

Scottish Opera’s Jenůfa Impresses with its Integrity and Power to Stun

14/01/201610/04/2015 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Janáček, Jenůfa: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of Jenůfa / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 9.4.2015 (SRT)

Kathryn Harries as Kostelnička Buryjovka, Lee Bisset as Jenůfa and Peter Wedd as Laca Klemeň in Jenůfa. Scottish Opera 2015. Credit James Glossop (1) — Kathryn Harries as Kostelnička Buryjovka, Lee Bisset as Jenůfa and Peter Wedd as Laca Klemeň in Jenůfa. Scottish Opera 2015. Credit James Glossop

A Thought Provoking Caribbean Opera from Donizetti

13/08/202010/04/2015 by RJones

United Kingdom Donizetti, The Wild Man of the West Indies (Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo, 1833): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Jeremy Silver (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 9.4.2015. (RJ)

. Pic credit Richard Hubert Smith. Shows Cardenio (Craig Smith) and Kaidama (Peter Brathwaite) — (c) Richard Hubert Smith. Shows Cardenio (Craig Smith) and Kaidama (Peter Brathwaite)

Folk Tale and Myth Combine in Dove’s Swanhunter

05/05/201509/04/2015 by Stan

United Kingdom Jonathan Dove, Swanhunter: Soloists instrumental Ensemble / Justin Doyle. (conductor), Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 7.4.2015 (CC)

Blend of Humour and Serious Intent in RWCMD’s Albert Herring

19/04/201508/04/2015 by Lucy Jeffrey

United Kingdom Benjamin Britten, Albert Herring, Op. 39: Soloists, RWCMD Chamber Ensemble / David Jones (conductor), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 1.4.2015 (LJ).

Ellen Kent’s Traditional Traviata is Stylish, Vibrant and Colourful

19/04/201506/04/2015 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Verdi, La Traviata: Soloists, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’ / Nicholae Dohotaru (conductor), Grand Theatre, Blackpool. 5.3.2015

Maria Tonina as Violetta, La Traviata © 2008-2011 - Ellen Kent Opera & Ballet International — Maria Tonina as Violetta, La Traviata © 2008-2011 – Ellen Kent Opera & Ballet International

Fine Performances All Round in Weill’s Operatic Mishmash

10/04/202103/04/2015 by Stan

United Kingdom Brecht/Weill, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Relayed to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 1.4.2015. (JPr)

Tcherniakov and Barenboim Put on a Parsifal for Thinking People

19/08/201501/04/2015 by Mark Berry

PARSIFAL OHP0041 (1)-500 — Photo Credit Ruth Walz/Staatsoper Berlin

Germany Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 28.3.2015 (MB)

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