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Another Significant Achievement: Saffron Opera Group’s Parsifal Scales Wagnerian Heights

16/09/201918/09/2018 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal (concert performance): Soloists, Saffron Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Thorne (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, 16.9.2018. (JPr)

Elaine McKrill (Kundry), Michael Bracegirdle (Parsifal), Michael Thorne (conductor)
& SOG Orchestra (c) Roger King

Jamie Manton’s Wonderfully Alive Staging of Paul Bunyan for ENO

18/09/201804/09/2018 by Jack Buckley

United Kingdom Britten, Paul Bunyan: Soloists, English National Opera Chorus and instrumentalists / Matthew Kofi Waldren (conductor), Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 3.8.2018. (JB)

Elgan Llyr Thomas as Johnny Inkslinger (c) Genevieve Girling

Bampton’s Clever UK Modern-Times Première of Isouard’s Cendrillon

18/09/201829/08/2018 by AUTHOR

United Kingdom Bampton Classical Opera 2018 – Isouard, Cendrillon: Soloists and Orchestra of Bampton Classical Opera / Harry Sever (conductor), Westonbirt Orangery, Tetbury, 27.8.2018. (CP)

Jenny Stafford (Tisbe), Benjamin Durrant (Dandini) & Aoife O’Sullivan (Clorinde)
in *Cendrillon* (c) Bampton Classical Opera

Pirates of Penzance is Strong in Delivery of Sullivan’s Delightful Music

17/09/201826/08/2018 by Raymond Walker

United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan Festival [4] – The Pirates of Penzance: Soloists of the National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, National Festival Orchestra / Andrew Nicklin (conductor). Royal Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, 19.8.2018. (RJW)

National G&S Opera Company’s *Pirates of Penzance* (c) Jane Stokes

At the G&S Festival the Victorian Politics of Iolanthe is Brought Up to Date

17/09/201826/08/2018 by Raymond Walker

United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan Festival [3] – Iolanthe: Soloists of the National Gilbert and Sullivan Company, National Festival Orchestra / James Hendry (conductor). Royal Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, 18.8.2018. (RJW)

National G&S Company’s *Iolanthe*(c) Jane Stokes

Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury and The Sorcerer at the Harrogate Festival

17/09/201825/08/2018 by Raymond Walker

United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan – Trial by Jury and The Sorcerer: Soloists of the National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, National Festival Orchestra / James Hendry (conductor). Royal Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, 19.8.2018. (RJW)

National G&S Opera Company’s *Trial by Jury* (c) Jane Stokes

A Double Dose! At the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival Patience is a Virtue

17/09/201824/08/2018 by Raymond Walker

United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan Festival [1] – Patience: University of Southampton Light Opera Society / Tim Lutton (conductor). Royal Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, 16.8.2018 matinee. (RJW)

University of Southampton Light Opera Society’s *Patience*
© Thomas Joy

Grimeborn 2018’s Greek is a Dazzling, Staggering Achievement

16/08/202017/08/2018 by Roderic Dunnett

United Kingdom Grimeborn Opera Festival 2018 – Mark-Anthony Turnage, Greek: The Kantanti Ensemble / Tim Anderson (conductor), Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London, 15.8.2018. (RD)

Richard Morrison (Dad), Philippa Boyle (Mum) and Edmund Danon (Eddy) (c) Lidia Crisafulli

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