United Kingdom Rossini, La Gazzetta: Soloists, Chorus, Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra, Michael Rosewell (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, 24.6.2014 (MB)
Excellent Performances in an Underwhelming Rossini Opera
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Garsington’s Well Paced Vixen Not for the Prudish
United Kingdom Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen – Opera in three acts: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Garry Walker (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 22.6.2014 (CR)
Sung in Czech with English surtitles
Photo: Clive Barda
Francesconi’s Quartett a Chessgame with People’s Souls
United Kingdom Luca Francesconi, Quartett: Soloists, Sound Intermedia, London Sinfonietta, Andrew Gourlay (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 18.6.2014 (MB)
Too Much Sangfroid, Too Little Passion in Pearl Fishers
United Kingdom Bizet, The Pearl Fishers: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 18.6.2014. (JPr)
Monty Pythonesque Touches in Benvenuto Cellini
United Kingdom Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Edward Gardner(conductor), London Coliseum seen live at Empire, Basildon, Essex, 17.6.2014. (JPr)
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Harmony of Colour and Song in Domingo’s Tosca
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Plácido Domingo (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 16.6.2014. (JPr)
Macabre Ambiguity in Aldeburgh’s Owen Wingrave
United Kingdom Britten, Owen Wingrave: Aldeburgh Festival Soloists, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Choristers of Chelmsford Cathedral/ Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, 15.6.2014. (CS)
Opera North’s Ring Concludes Apocalyptically with Triumphant Götterdämmerung
United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes, (conductor), Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, 14.6.2014 (JL)
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