United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus, and additional chorus of the English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor). London Coliseum, 29.1.2014. (MB)
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Pocket Opera’s Enterprising Orfeo Woos Young Audiences
United Kingdom Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, Orpheus and Eurydice Chorus, Philip Voldman (musical director), Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London, 21.1.2014 (MB)
Opera North Strikes Gold in Puccini’s West.
United Kingdom Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Richard Farnes (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 21.1.2014 (JL)
Racy and Effortless Student Production of Don Giovanni
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Opera Warwick / Benjamin Hamilton (conductor), Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 16.1.2014 (RD)
ROH Presents Stylish Manon
United Kingdom Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Royal Opera House Orchestra/ Emmanuel Villaume (conductor), Royal Opera House, London, 14.1.2014. (JPr)
Covent Garden’s Carmen Has Spectacle but Little High Drama
United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists and Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniel Oren /(conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 21.12.2013 (JPr)
Offenbach’s Fantasio Disinterred by Opera Rara – But Was it Worth it?
United Kingdom Offenbach: Fantasio – Soloists, Opera Rara Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.12.2013. (JPr)
