United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata (revival premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Simon Phillippo, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 11.2.2014 (GPu)
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Francesca Zambello’s Bohème Extravaganza a Brilliant Success
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloist, Chorus, Capital Arts Children’s Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Oliver Gooch (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 27.2.2014 (JPr)
Triumphant Threepenny Opera Focuses on Urban Destitution
United Kingdom Kurt Weill, The Threepenny Opera: Graeae Theatre Co, Nottingham Playhouse, 25.2.2014 (RD)
Up for grabs – Macheath (MiltonLopes) torn between Lucy (Natasha Lewis) and Polly (CiCi Howells) Photo – Patrick Baldwin
Rapturous Performance of Purcell’s Fairy Queen at Bury Court
United Kingdom Purcell, The Fairy Queen: Soloists and Chorus of Bury Court Opera with Southbank Sinfonia/Simon Over (conductor), Bury Court, Farnham, 22.2.2014. (RD)
ENOS’s Peter Grimes Makes the Big Screen
United Kingdom Britten,Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Operas / Edward Gardner (conductor), screened at Duke of York Cinema, Brighton, 23.2.14 (RB)
Britten/Auden Opera Proves to be Excellent Ensemble Piece
United Kingdom Britten Paul Bunyan: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Philip Sunderland. Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.02.2014 (CC)
Great Conducting and Vocal Fireworks in Covent Garden’s Turandot
United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti in Andrei Serban’s 1984 production: designs by Sally Jacobs. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 17.2.2014. (JPr)
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Fulham’s Götterdämmerung a Triumph of Ambition and Perseverance
United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists of Fulham Opera, Nick Fletcher (piano accompanist), Fiona Williams (stage director), St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 16.2.2014. (JPr)
