United Kingdom Luke Bedford:Through His Teeth: Soloists, Chroma / Sian Edwards (conductor),. Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 3.4.2014 (CC)
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Compelling Adès Opera Succeeds in Subterranean Space
United Kingdom Adès,Powder Her Face: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Timothy Redmond (conductor). Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London, 2.4.2014 (CC)
WNO’s Winning La Traviata Gets Another Outing
United Kingdom Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata (Sung in Italian with subtitles in English and Welsh): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Simon Phillippo (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 1.4.2014.(RJF)
High Standards Prevail in Manchester Mikado
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado: Manchester Universities Gilbert & Sullivan Society / Oliver Till (musical director), Council Chambers Theatre, Manchester. 26.3.2014 (RJW)
Cavalli’s Ormindo Splendidly Realised in an Ideal Performance Space.
United KingdomCavalli, Soloists, Orchestra of Early Opera Company. Christian Curnyn (conductor). The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 26.3.2014. (CS)
The RNCM Do Justice to Gluck in his Tercentenary.
United Kingdom Gluck, The Drunkard Cured, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music. RNCM Studio, Manchester, 16.3.2014. (RJF)
Elspeth Brooke, The Commission and Francisco Coll, Café Kafka Premier at ROH
United Kingdom Elspeth Brooke, The Commission, and Francisco Coll, Café Kafka (London premieres): Soloists, CHROMA / Richard Baker (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.3.2014 (MB)
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Stunning Performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten Compensates for Opaque Plot
United Kingdom Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 14.3.2014. (JPr)
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