Convincing and Enjoyable Performance of Albert Herring at the RWCMD
04/04/2019
Britten, Albert Herring: Soloists, Orchestra of Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama / David Jones (conductor). Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff, 28.4.2019. (GPu) Read more
A Bright, Yet Thought-Provoking Production of Berenice Makes Time Fly By
03/04/2019
Handel, Berenice: Soloists, London Handel Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (harpsichord). Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1.4.2019 (CC)
Cast of Berenice (c) ROH/Clive Barda
Rare Opportunity to See and Experience Vaughan Williams’s Profound Pilgrim’s Progress
02/04/2019
Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Pilgrim’s Progress: Soloists, Chorus and Opera Orchestra of Royal Northern College of Music / David Parry (conductor). RNCM Opera Theatre. Manchester, 31.3.2019. (RJF)
RNCM’s The Pilgrim’s Progress (c) Robert Workman
Dramatic Intensity and Intimacy in Mid Wales Opera’s Tosca at Newport
02/04/2019
Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus, Ensemble Cymru / Jonathan Lyness (conductor). Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport. 27.4.2019. (GPu)
Elin Pritchard (Tosca) & Nicholas Folwell (Scarpia) (c) MWO
Old-Fashioned Singing from Netrebko and Eyvasov is a Highlight of the Royal Opera’s La forza del destino
01/04/2019
Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 29.3.2019. (JPr)
La forza de destino – Anna Netrebko (Leonora) (c) Bill Cooper
Mid Wales Opera’s Tosca Drew a Full and Appreciative Audience to Theatre Clwyd Mold
27/03/2019
Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Ensemble Cymru / Jonathan Lyness (conductor). Theatre Clwyd Mold, 24.3.2019. (RJF)
Elin Pritchard (Tosca) & Nicholas Folwell (Scarpia) (c) MWO
Chelsea Opera Group Give a Glorious Performance of Boito’s Mefistofele
27/03/2019
Boito, Mefistofele (1881 version, concert performance): Soloists, Chorus of Chelsea Opera Group augmented by members from Opera Alegria and Highgate Choral Society, Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra / Matthew Scott Rogers (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.3.2019. (CC)
Chelsea Opera Group’s Mefistofele (c) Robert Workman
Much to Savour in the Royal Academy’s Tchaikovsky and Ravel Double Bill
24/03/2019
Tchaikovsky and Ravel: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus and Sinfonia / Gareth Hancock (conductor). Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 18.3.2019. (MB)
Iolanta (c) Robert Workman
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