United Kingdom Handel: Agrippina: English Touring Opera, Old Street Band / Jonathan Peter Kenny (conductor), Festival Theatre, Malvern, 24.10.2013. (RJ)
Fun and Intrigue in ETO’s Agrippina
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A Rare Opportunity to Hear Otello in the Verdi Bi-Centenary Year
United Kingdom Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Midsummer Opera, the Blackheath Choir, David Roblou (Conductor), John Upperton (Chorus Master) St. John’s Church, Waterloo, London 18.10.2013. (MH)
Opera North Pays Tribute to Britten with Death in Venice
United Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice: Soloists, Dancers, Actors, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds, 19.10.2013 (JL)
Sensuality and Beauty in ENO’s Madama Butterfly
United Kingdom Puccini Madama Butterfly (sung in English): Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Gianluca Marciano. London Coliseum, 15.10.2013 (CC)
Gilbert & Sullivan: Rend With Songs the Air Above
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Rend With Songs the Air Above: A Celebrity recital by John Savournin, accompanied by David Eaton on the piano, Manchester Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, 13.10.2013. (RW)
Turnage’s Greek Retains its ‘Angry Young Man’ Image
United Kingdom Mark-Anthony Turnage, Greek: A production by The Music Theatre Wales Ensemble with Michael Rafferty (Conductor) and directed by Michael McCarthy at the Birmingham Town Hall, 5.10.2013 (GR)
WNO Leave the Best Till Last in Their Donizetti Trilogy
United Kingdom Donizetti, Roberto Devereux (Production Première) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Operas, Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 2.10.2013 (GPu)
Stylish Berlioz Opens Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Celebrations
United States Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict – Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.10.2013 (SRT)