United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan, HMS Pinafore: Soloists, chorus and musicians of Opera della Luna / Michael Waldron (piano/musical director). Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 28.8.2019. (JB)
Opera della Luna’s Delightful Pinafore Lunacy at Wilton’s
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Andrew Davis’s Götterdämmerung Ends the 2019 Edinburgh Festival in a Blaze of Glory
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [14] – Wagner, Götterdämmerung (in concert): Soloists, RCS (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Voices (director: Timothy Dean), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 25.8.2019. (SRT)
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In Edinburgh Breaking the Waves Restores Faith in Opera as an Art Form
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [12] – Missy Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 21.8.2019. (SRT)
A Warmly Observed, Humane Eugene Onegin in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [7] – Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Komische Oper Berlin / Ainārs Rubiķis (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 15.8.2019. (SRT)
Lady Jane Steals the Show in Forebear! Theatre’s Performance of Patience
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Patience: Forbear! Theatre; National Festival Orchestra / William Remmers (conductor), Harrogate, Royal Hall, Yorkshire. 8.8.2019. (RJW)
Westminster Gets its Ethereal Match
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Iolanthe: New London Opera Group / Alex Carpenter (conductor), Harrogate, Royal Hall, Yorkshire 9.8.2019. (RJW)
A Memorable River Dance Hornpipe
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan Festival – Ruddigore: Birmingham University G&S Society / Elliot Mercer (conductor), Royal Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire 9.8.2019. (RJW)
Splendid Singing in Grimeborn’s Staging of Hippolyte et Aricie
United Kingdom Rameau – Hippolyte et Aricie (1733): Cast, Seb Gillot (harpsichord), Ensemble OrQuestra/Kieran Staub (conductor), Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London, 13.8.2019 (CC)
