UK Opera – Page 49 – Seen and Heard International

Glyndebourne’s semi-staging of Wagner’s magnificent Tristan und Isolde worked beautifully

01/10/202120/08/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2021 [2] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (semi-staged): Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, 17.8.2021. (CC)

A successfully innovative approach to Hansel und Gretel by British Youth Opera

01/10/202118/08/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel): Soloists, Southbank Sinfonia / Stephen Higgins (musical director). Holland Park Theatre, London, 12.8.2021. (MB)

Eva Gheorghiu and Rosalind Dobson in BYO’s *Hansel and Gretel* (c) Tristram Kenton

Operatic fireworks from Waterperry Opera Festival’s brilliant The Elixir of Love

01/10/202117/08/2021 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Waterperry Opera Festival 2021 – Donizetti, The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Waterperry Opera Festival / Bertie Baigent (conductor). Waterperry Garden, Oxfordshire, 14.8.2021. (JPr)

Thando Mjandana (Nemorino) and Alison Langer (Adina) (c) Marc Brenner

Much to enjoy in Scottish Opera’s new Falstaff at the Edinburgh International Festival

01/10/202113/08/2021 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2021 [5] – Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 12.8.2021. (SRT)

Louise Winter (Mistress Quickly)and Roland Wood (Falstaff) (c) Julie Howden

The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H. is absorbing and sympathetic

14/09/202108/08/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival [2] – Red Gray and Sarah Nicolls – The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H. (world premiere): Actors/soloists. Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, London, 5.8.2021. (MB)

*The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H* (c) Claire Shovelton

Nevill Holt’s La traviata – an astonishing achievement, full of emerging talent

14/09/202107/08/2021 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Nevill Holt Opera 2021 [1] – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, chorus and Manchester Camerata / Nicholas Chalmers (conductor). Nevill Holt, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 5.8.2021. (CP)

Susana Gaspar (Violetta) & Luis Gomes (Alfredo) (c) Lloyd Winters

Longborough’s emerging artists and youth chorus fashion a Cunning spirits-lifting close to the season

14/09/202131/07/2021 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2021 [3] – Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Longborough Youth Chorus, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Justin Brown (conductor). The Big Top, Longborough, Gloucestershire, 29.7.2021. (CP)

Julieth Lozano (Vixen) & Longborough Youth Chorus (c) Matthew Williams-Ellis

Tête-à-Tête present Darren Berry’s unusual The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow

14/09/202131/07/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival [1] – Darren Berry: The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow (Acts I and II): Soloists, Darren Berry (narrator), Eddie Giffney (piano). The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, London, 29.7.2021 (MB)

Oscar Dom Victor Castellino (O’Fela, the Crocodile God) (c) Claire Shovelton

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