United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann: Mark Padmore (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Blackheath Halls, London, viewed on 1.7.2020. (CS)
‘Wanderlust’ brings Mark Padmore and Julius Drake to Blackheath Halls
Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films
Reviews and articles of some events that are not Concerts, Opera, or Dance, and others that have been streamed, shown in the cinema or on TV
After 25 years, an effusive online adieu to Michael Tilson Thomas in San Francisco
United States MTT25: Audra McDonald (soprano, co-host), Susan Graham (mezzo soprano, co-host), Measha Brueggergosman (soprano), Julia Bullock (soprano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Sasha Cooke (soprano and piano), Isabel Leonard (mezzo soprano), Christian Reif (piano), San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Online event, 28.6.2020. (HS)
Live from Covent Garden showcases some impressive singers from the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme
United Kingdom Various composers, Live from Covent Garden: Singers of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, Patrick Milne (harpsichord and piano), Edmund Whitehead (piano), soloists of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Hosted by Katie Derham, streamed live and reviewed on 27.6.2020. (JPr)
Epic, powerful, timely – National Theatre at Home’s Small Island
United Kingdom National Theatre at Home – Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Small Island: filmed live on stage at the National Theater in May 2019 and viewed on 24.6.2020. (RP)
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: despite the magnetic Alessandra Ferri, Wayne McGregor’s triptych will not be for you
United Kingdom Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works – a triptych: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). 8.2.2017 performance streamed online and reviewed on 27.6.2020. (JPr)
Lockdown View from the Villa takes in a magisterial Lohengrin from Netrebko, Beczala, and Thielemann
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Performance of 25.5.2016 and reviewed as a Semperoper Weekend Stream on 27.6.2020. (JPr)
Guy Johnston and Melvyn Tan show us the many faces of Romanticism
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin: Guy Johnston (cello), Melvyn Tan (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 24.6.2020. (CS)
Live from Covent Garden: Dame Sarah Connolly’s triumphant return to singing with her moving Mahler
United Kingdom Gluck, Mahler – Live from Covent Garden: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Vadim Muntagirov (dancer), soloists of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Streamed live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20.6.2020. (JPr)
