United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Opera Warwick / Benjamin Hamilton (conductor), Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 16.1.2014 (RD)
Racy and Effortless Student Production of Don Giovanni
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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)
John Adams’ El Niño is a Very Special Experience
United Kingdom Adams, El Niño Rosemary Joshua (soprano); Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano); Matthew Rose (bass); Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Steven Rickards (counter-tenors); Coloma St Cecilia Singers; Trinity Boys’ Choir; London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.12.2013 (CC)
How the Whale Became…
United Kingdom Philips, How the Whale Became (and other tales): Singers, Rafal Luc (accordion), George Barton (percussion), Dai Pritchard (tripling wind), Isla Mundell-Perkins (Cat/violin), Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 10.12.2013 (CC)
Charm, Style and Magic in Ravel Double Bill
United Kingdom Ravel, L’Heure espagnole, and L’Enfant et les sortilèges: Soloists, Chorus, Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra / Michael Rosewell (conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 7.12.2013
