Stephanie Blythe’s Joyous and Heartfelt Tribute to Kate Smith
15/01/2016
United StatesWe’ll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith: Stephanie Blythe (mezzo soprano), Craig Terry (piano), Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, 13.1.2016. (RP)
Stephanie Blythe (c) Ken Yatarola
Much to Enjoy in John Lubbock’s Messiah Despite a Reticent Orchestra
11/12/2015
United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Nardus Williams (soprano),Eleanor Edmonds (mezzo-soprano), Chris Turner (tenor), Morgan Pearse (bass), OSJ Voices, Orchestra of St John’s/John Lubbock (conductor). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 10.12.2015 (MB) Read more
Another Captivating Street Scene from a Different RNCM Cast
08/12/2015
United Kingdom Weill, Street Scene: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of RNCM Opera / Clarke Rundell (conductor), Harish Shankar (assistant conductor), RNCM Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 4.12.2015. (MC)
RNCM’s Street Scene
A Pared Down Guys & Dolls Brings Runyon’s 1930’s New York to Life
06/12/2015
United States Loesser, Guys & Dolls: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 4.12.2015-20.12.2015. (JRo)
Guys and Dolls at The Wallis Annenberg Center
Jonathan Luke Stevens (center) and cast (c) Kevin Parry
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
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