United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Iolanthe: National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company’s Chorus and Orchestra / John Andrews (conductor). Opera House, Buxton 3.8.2022. (RJW)
Iolanthe at Buxton: peers in a pretty pickle
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Longborough Festival Opera’s investment in Emerging Artists pays dividends
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [4] – Emerging Artist Double Bill, Waley-Cohen, Spell Book; Francesca Caccini, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina: Soloists, CHROMA Ensemble / Yshani Perinpanayagam (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 31.7.2022. (CP)
Opera Holland Park’s new double-bill of Delius and Puccini operatic rarities proves a great success
United Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2022 [2] – Delius, Margot la Rouge / Puccini, Le Villi: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus (chorus director: Dominic Ellis-Peckham), City of London Sinfonia / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). Holland Park, London, 23.7.2022. (MB)
The Royal Opera’s Attila concert is an absolute triumph for Siri, Scappucci and all concerned
United Kingdom Verdi, Attila (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Speranza Scappucci (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 19.7.2022. (CC)
Tantalising sonic and visual atmosphere of Garsington’s The Turn of the Screw lingers intensely in the mind
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [4] – Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Philharmonia Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 15.7.2022. (CR)
Russell Thomas at Covent Garden is on the way to a substantive Otello but not quite there yet
United Kingdom Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 12.7.2022. (CC)
‘Comrades in adversity’ pull together for a Longborough Carmen with a difference
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [3] – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Longborough Youth Chorus, Longborough Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Jeremy Silver (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 9.7.2022. (CP)
The Blue Woman thoughtfully addresses the subject of sexual violence
United Kingdom Laura Bowler, The Blue Woman: Soloists, Actors, Instrumentalists, Matthew Fairclough (sound design), Jessica Cottis (music director), Jamie Man (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 6.7.2022. (MB)
