United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Iolanthe: Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company/David Steadman (conductor), Simon Butteriss (director); Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Opera House, Buxton, 3.8.2013 (RJW)
Fresh Approaches in Iolanthe
Broadcasts, Musicals, & Others
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
Animals Take to the Stage in Ruddigore
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Ruddigore: Derby G&S Company / Andrew Nicklin (conductor and director), Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Opera House, Buxton 30.7.2013 (RJW)
Photo credit Charles Smith
Polished, Fast Moving Salad Days at Buxton
United Kingdom Slade & Reynolds, Salad Days: North West Productions / Robert Owen (conductor and director), Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, 29.7.2013 (RJW)
Wozzeck in Madrid: Better the Last Time
Spain Berg: Wozzeck, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 3.6.2013 (JMI).
Banjo in Bluegrass, Jazz and Bach—and the National Anthem
United States Béla Fleck (banjo), SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 16.5.2013 (HS)
Lavish, Thoughtful Staging of Oklahoma!
United States Rogers&Hammerstein,Oklahoma!: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, James Lowe, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 4.5.2013 (JLZ)
Indefatigable Plácido Domingo Takes On Role of Nabucco
United Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). ROH Cinema 2012/13 Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London, 29.4.2013. (JPr)
Hiromi Bends a Piano to Her Will
United States Hiromi, The Trio Project: Hiromi Uehara (piano), Anthony Jackson (contrabass guitar), Simon Phillips (drums), SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 4.4.2013 (HS)