United Kingdom Bizet/Brook, La Tragédie de Carmen: Soloists of Pop-Up Opera / Berrak Dyer (musical director). Asylum Chapel, Peckham, London, 25.9.2018. (MB)
Pop-Up Opera’s Thought-Provoking Approach to La Tragédie de Carmen
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McVicar’s Traviata for WNO Tells the Story Well and Moves an Audience as it Should
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.9.2018. (GPu)
A Tosca of Belly Punching Power from Opera North
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Anthony Hermus (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 22.9.2018. (JL)
WNO’s Stirring Production of Prokofiev’s Unwieldy Theatrical Epic Rewards Ambition
United Kingdom Prokofiev, War and Peace: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.9.2018. (GPu)
Another Significant Achievement: Saffron Opera Group’s Parsifal Scales Wagnerian Heights
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)
& SOG Orchestra (c) Roger King
Jamie Manton’s Wonderfully Alive Staging of Paul Bunyan for ENO
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)
Bampton’s Clever UK Modern-Times Première of Isouard’s Cendrillon
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)
in Cendrillon (c) Bampton Classical Opera
Pirates of Penzance is Strong in Delivery of Sullivan’s Delightful Music
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)
