‘Oh, what a Beautiful Prom!’ John Wilson Takes the Promenaders to Oklahoma!
12/08/2017
2017 BBC PROMS 35 – Rogers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma! (semi-staged): Soloists, John Wilson Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.8.2017. (CS)
John Wilson conducts Oklahoma! at the 2017 BBC Proms (c) Photo by Mark Allan
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
Latest Classical Music News and Reviews
- NPR
- NY Times
- BBC
- Independent News
The adventuresome ensemble, along with a science-friendly composer, transforms the rare solar event [...]
Musicians are protesting the invitation extended to radio host Dennis Prager to guest conduct; they [...]
Known as La Divina — "The Divine One" — Callas was an indelible presence whose artistry ma [...]
The famous 89-year-old pianist has spent a lifetime perfecting Chopin. Along the way, the composer h [...]
"Light Blooms In Hollow Space" isn't overly complicated — no need to overthink the qu [...]
Innovations that have enlivened offshoot programs at the Mostly Mozart festival in recent years infu [...]
A work by the Arkansas-born composer Florence Price, and a performance by Vikingur Olafsson were amo [...]
Markus Hinterhäuser trades his piano bench for an impresario’s chair at one of classical music’s gra [...]
Lou Harrison, who died in 2003, is celebrated for his iconoclasm. But, our critic writes, he should [...]
Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera. [...]
This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best. [...]
In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater. [...]
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation. [...]
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances. [...]
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers. [...]
Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Schumann's 'Third Symphony' [...]
