United Kingdom Giordano, Andrea Chénier (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 29.5.2022. (CC)
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Elīna Garanča seduces in Richard Jones’s Poundland Samson et Dalila at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 26.5.2022. (JPr)
Still plenty to enjoy if you see Glyndebourne’s venerable Le nozze di Figaro
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2022 [2] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus director: Aidan Oliver), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Giancarlo Andretta (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 22.5.2022. (CC)
Despite committed musical advocacy, The Wreckers at Glyndebourne fails to convince
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2022 [1] – Smyth, The Wreckers: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus director: Aidan Oliver), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, 21.5.2022. (MB)
A winning combination of operas by Blow and Purcell
United Kingdom Blow, Purcell: Soloists, HGOAntiqua Orchestra / Seb Gillot (conductor). Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, London, 20.5.2022. (MB)
Unexpected double bill marks 20 years of the Royal Opera’s Young Artists programme
United Kingdom Stravinsky and Schoenberg: Soloists, Britten Sinfonia / Michael Papadopoulos (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.5.2022. (MB)
The Rameau Project’s Castor et Pollux evokes something of the composer’s authentic stagecraft
United Kingdom Rameau, Castor et Pollux (1737 version): Soloists, Rameau Project Choir & Orchestra / Jonathan Williams (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 15.5.2022. (CR)
Fidelio revelations from Equilbey and Insula Orchestra as she rethinks the familiar and meets it anew
United Kingdom Beethoven, Fidelio (concert staging): Soloists, accentus; Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.5.2022. (CC)
