United Kingdom Jette Parker Artists Summer Performance: Artists of the Jette Parker Programme, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Royal Opera House, London, 20.7.2024. (MM-B)
A rewarding summer evening of music from the Jette Parker Artists
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Opera Holland Park continues to go from strength to strength with a Wolf-Ferrari and Leoncavallo double bill
United Kingdom Wolf-Ferrari and Leoncavallo: Soloists, Children from Pimlico Musical Foundation, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / John Andrews (conductor, Wolf-Ferrari), Francesco Cilluffo (conductor, Leoncavallo). Opera Holland Park, London, 17.7.2024. (CC)
Yoncheva and Eyvazov in Tosca at Covent Garden put the ‘grand’ back into grand opera
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Andrea Battistoni (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.7.2023. (JPr)
Buxton’s new and first-rate Ernani production by Jamie Manton provided captivating drama
United Kingdom Buxton International Festival [3] – Verdi, Ernani: Soloists, BIF Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North / Adrian Kelly (conductor). Buxton International Festival, Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire, 10.7.2024. (MC)
Longborough delivers a magical Ring to conclude five years of diligent planning
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2024 [1] – Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Longborough Community Chorus, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, Cotswolds, 4, 5. 7 & 9.7.2024. (CP)
La tragédie de Carmen was a captivating evening of entertaining music theatre at Buxton
United Kingdom Bizet, La tragédie de Carmen (after Carmen by Bizet and Mérimée. Reimagined by Peter Brook using libretto by Jean-Claude Carrière and music score by Marius Constant): Soloists, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Iwan Davies (conductor). Buxton International Festival, Derbyshire, 9.7.2024. (MC)
An uplifting, small-scale production of The Boatswain’s Mate at Buxton was a real treat
United Kingdom Buxton International Festival 2024 [1] – Ethel Smyth, The Boatswain’s Mate: Soloists, Chorus and Instrumental Trio / Rebecca Warren (direction). Buxton International Festival, Pavilion Arts Centre, Derbyshire, 8.7.2024. (MC)
A student production relishes the subversive energy of Bizet’s Doctor Miracle with considerable vigour
United Kingdom Bizet, Doctor Miracle: Soloists of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama / Michael Pollock (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Cardiff. 2.7.2024. (GP)
