RNCM’s Vibrant Performance and Slick Production of Weill’s Street Scene
05/12/2015
United Kingdom Kurt Weill, Street Scene: Royal Northern College of Music Theatre, Manchester 2.12.2015. (RJW)
Kurt Weill’s Street Scene (c) Paul Cliff
Opera North Do Cole Porter Proud with a Spectacular Kiss Me, Kate
19/11/2015
United Kingdom Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / David Charles Abel (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 13.11.2015. (RJF)
Opera North’s Kiss Me, Kate (c) Opera North
WNO’s Gruesome Sweeney Todd Brings Madness to the Musical Theatre
03/11/2015
United Kingdom Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – A Musical Thriller: Soloists and Orchestras of Welsh National Opera/James Southall (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 29.10.2015. (RJF)
WNO’s Sweeney Todd (c) Welsh National Opera
Michael Feinstein Salutes Sinatra at 100
27/10/2015
United States Michael Feinstein: Sinatra Centennial Celebration: Tedd Firth (piano), Sean Smith (bass), Mark McLean (drums), Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, 24.10.2015 (RP) Read more
Refreshing New Approach to the Orpheus Myth from Versatile Little Bulb Theatre
17/09/2015
United Kingdom Deloitte Ignite Festival 2015 – Django Reinhart: Orpheus: Little Bulb Theatre / Dominic Conway (music director), Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, London, 16.9.2015. (JPr)
Dominic Conway as Django/Orpheus with the woodland creatures (c) RULER
There’s Sweet Charity at the Cadogan Hall
22/08/2015
Sweet Charity at Cadogan Hall
L-R Denise Van Outen, Kerry Ellis, Kimberley Walsh
c Alex MacNaughton
United Kingdom Sweet Charity (Book by Neil Simon, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Music by Cy Coleman): Soloists, ArtsEd Ensemble, Richard Balcombe (musical director) with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Cadogan Hall, London 20.8.2015. (JPr) Read more
Elementary, My Dear Prommers! Sherlock Holmes Celebrated at the BBC Proms
17/08/2015
Prom 41_CR_BBC_Chris Christodoulou
Prom 41: Sherlock Holmes a Musical Mind: Mark Sweet and Mark Gatiss (presenters), Jack Liebeck (violin), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Stile Antico, BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2015. (JPr)
Skilfully Improvised Musical Hilarity on Edinburgh’s Fringe
14/08/2015
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 (1) – Showstopper! The Improvised Musical: Pleasance Courtyard, 11.08.2015 (SRT)
Pic Steve Ullathorne
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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. 
David McVicar's production of 'Die Zauberflöte' is filled with nocturnal high-jinks 
All three movements are so intricately packed with incident that one is tempted to simply let onesel 
Kenneth MacMillan's bouncy 'Concerto', Frederick Ashton's 'Enigma Variation 
Don Pasquale has always invited playfulness, but Damiano Michieletto's take might be an experim 
All the voices in this production are big, finds Michael Church, with Pasha Selim's roars of fr 
