United Kingdom Donizetti, Anna Bolena (Production Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Daniele Rustoni, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.9.2013 (GPu)
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Youth Opera Company Triumphs in Challenging Britten Opera
United Kingdom Britten, Paul Bunyan (Production Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Youth Opera / Alice Farnham (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.8.2013 (GPu)
PROM 60: Elemental Terror in Sir Andrew’s Billy Budd
United Kingdom Prom 60. Britten, Billy Budd: (semi-staged) Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis. Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2013 (CC)
![Prom 60:Biily Budd Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou](http://www.seenandheard-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Prom-60_CR_BBC-Chris-Christodoulou_4.jpg" "Prom 60:Biily Budd Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou")
Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
PROM 45: Tippett’s Midsummer Marriage at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 45, Tippett, The Midsummer Marriage: Soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 16.8.2013. (JPr)
An Outstanding, Visceral Billy Budd at Glyndebourne
United Kingdom Britten: Billy Budd. Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Glyndebourne 10.8.2013 (RB)
The Bargee’s Wife Closes the Three Choirs Festival Impressively
United Kingdom John O’Hara The Bargee’s Wife: Community Opera: Soloists, Opera Chorus, Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra, John O’Hara (conductor). Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 4.8.2013 (RD)
New Generation of G&S Performers Takes to the Stage
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Pirates of Penzance: Youth Production/Rosamond Savournin (conductor), John Savournin (director); Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, 3.8.2013 (RJW)
Photo credit: Charles Smith
Good Balance between Orchestra and Singers in Princess Ida
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida: Peak Opera / Richard Baker (conductor), Ian Henderson (director), Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Opera House, Buxton, 31.7.2013 (RJW)