The Splendid Natasha J Barnes Brings Fanny Brice to Life in Funny Girl
21/06/2017
Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, Funny Girl – The Musical: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex, 20.6.2017. (JPr)
Natasha J Barnes (Fanny) & Darius Campbell (Nick)
(c) Paul Coltas
Tina May’s Joyous ‘Ellabration’ of Ella Fitzgerald’s Life and Art
18/06/2017
Various: Tina May (vocals), Nikki Iles (piano), Dave Green (double bass), Steve Brown (drums). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 9.6.2017. (GPu)
Tina May and Nikki Iles
Robert Carsen Directs a Lovingly Detailed My Fair Lady
06/05/2017
Lerner & Loewe, My Fair Lady: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago/David Chase (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 29.4.2017. (JLZ)
Lisa O’Hare and Cindy Gold in My Fair Lady (c) Todd Rosenberg
42nd Street Brings the Hip Hooray and Ballyhoo of Broadway to Drury Lane
06/04/2017
Harry Warren and Al Dubin’s 42nd Street: Company of 42nd Street, Jae Alexander (musical director). Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. 5.4.2017. (JPr)
Company of 42nd Street (c) Brinkhoff & Moegenburg
Lost in the Stars: A Timeless Work that Speaks to All
31/01/2017
Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson, Lost in the Stars: Artists and Soloists of Siti Company, Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, Los Robles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Kahane (conductor), Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 29.1.2017. (JRo)
Justin Hopkins & Lauren Michelle in Lost in the Stars;
Photo credit: Reed Hutchinson.
A Wonderful Party of a Musical for Bernstein’s Centennial
04/12/2016
Bernstein, Wonderful Town: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of LA Opera / Grant Gershon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 2.12.2016. (JRo)
LA Opera’s Wonderful Town
Faith Prince (Ruth Sherwood) & dancers (c) Craig T. Mathew
WNO’s Kiss Me, Kate Receives an Enthusiastic Reception in North Wales
30/11/2016
Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera /Gareth Jones (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 24.11.2016. (RJF)
Kiss Me, Kate Landi Oshinowo (Hattie), Jeni Bern (Lilli Vanessi & Katharine), Quirijn de Lang (Fred Graham/Petruchio)
(c) Richard Hubert Smith
WNO’s Intoxicating Kiss Me, Kate Has Vivacious Energy and Effervescent Intelligence
05/10/2016
Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate (Company Production Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Holmes (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 29.9.2016. (GPu)
Kiss Me, Kate
Landi Oshinowo (Hattie), Jeni Bern (Lilli Vanessi & Katharine), Quirijn de Lang (Fred Graham/Petruchio)
(c) Richard Hubert Smith
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