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).
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Ellen Kent’s Traditional Traviata is Stylish, Vibrant and Colourful
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
Fine Performances All Round in Weill’s Operatic Mishmash
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
Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 28.3.2015 (MB)
Manchester’s Premier League Conservatoire Maintains its Standards in Britten.
United Kingdom Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (sung in English with titles), Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Andrew Greenwood. (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music. RNCM Theatre, 19.3.2015. (RJF)
Picture Credit Victoria Haydn
Fine Staging and Performance of The Rake’s Progress
United Kingdom Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Jane Glover (conductor). Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 16.3.2015 (MB)
Despite its Virtues Opera North’s Figaro Needs Titles or Better Projection of Words
Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: (Sung in English): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Alexander Shelley, (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 10.3.2015
Well Integrated La Bohème Liberates and Informs the Imagination
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Children from St Mary’s and St John’s Church of England Schools, Hackney, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera, Michael Rosewell (conductor). Hackney Empire Theatre, London, 14.3.2015 (MB)