Switzerland Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Soloists, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / David Charles Abell (conductor), Zurich Opera 9.12.2018. (JR)
Musicals
Bernstein’s Candide Triumphs at the Liceu
Spain Bernstein, Candide (concert version): Liceu Chorus and Orchestra /John DeMain (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 18.10.2018. (JMI)
‘For One Brief Shining Moment’ LMTO and a Wonderful Cast Bring Camelot to the Palladium
United Kingdom LMTO – Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot: Soloists, London Music Theatre Chorus and Orchestra / Freddie Tapner (conductor). London Palladium. 6.10.2018. (JPr)
John Wilson’s On the Town with Talented Cast and Outstanding LSO is a Worthy Tribute to Bernstein
United Kingdom Prom 57 – On the Town (Music by Leonard Bernstein, Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green) concert performance: Soloists, Students from ArtsEd, London Symphony Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.8.2018. (JPr)
A Superb Concert Performance of West Side Story at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom PROM 38 – Bernstein, West Side Story (concert version): Soloists, students from ArtsEd and Mountview, John Wilson Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.8.2018. (CC)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
The Full Monty – Bernstein’s Mass at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival
United States 2018 Mostly Mozart Festival – Bernstein, Mass: Soloists, Concert Chorale of New York, Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra / Louis Langrée (conductor), Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, New York, 18.7.2018. (RP)
© Richard Termine
Kelli O’Hara’s Anna is the Glory of The King and I Revival at the London Palladium
United Kingdom Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I: London Palladium, 4.7.2018. (JPr)
Go to the London Coliseum to ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ with Opera North’s Kiss Me, Kate
United Kingdom Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / James Holmes (conductor), London Coliseum, 20.6.2018. (JPr)
