United Kingdom Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 20.3.2023. (JPr)
Far from ‘Fab-u-lous’, but it was a standing ovation for Strictly Ballroom The Musical at Cliffs Pavilion
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
Between two realms: Piotr Beczała stars in François Girard’s new Lohengrin at the Met
United Kingdom Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Directed for The Met: Live in HD by Gary Halvorson and seen at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 18.3.2023. (JPr)
Amongst the magnolias you will bond with Robert Harling’s steely women
United Kingdom Steel Magnolias (a play by Robert Harling): Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 7.3.2023. (JPr)
Spousal abuse, racism and misogyny explored in Clint Dyer’s Othello production for the National Theatre
United Kingdom National Theatre Live’s Othello: filmed live (directed by Matthew Amos) on the Lyttleton stage of the Royal National Theatre and shown at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 23.2.2023. (JPr)
Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic bring total coherence to Mahler’s Seventh Symphony
Austria Mahler: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Christoph Engel) on STAGE+ from the Musikverein, Golden Hall, Vienna, 15.1.2023. (JPr)
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage returns to raise the spirits of even the most jaded of hearts
United Kingdom Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage: Dominion Theatre, London, 25.1.2023. (JPr)
Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra make a first Parsifal a memorable one
Norway Wagner, Parsifal (staged concert): Soloists, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Edvard Grieg Jentekor, Edvard Grieg Guttekor, Collegium Musicums Choir (chorus master: Håkon Matti Skrede) and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Marius Marthinussen Søreide) on Bergenphilive and OperaVision (and available until 21.5.2023) from the Grieg Hall, Bergen, 21.1.2023. (JPr)
Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate for The Royal Ballet provides food for thought
United Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Siân Griffiths (mezzo-soprano), Tomás Barreiro (guitar), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Alondra de la Parra (conductor). Recorded (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Opera House, Covent, Garden, 9.6.2022 and shown at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 19.1.2023. (JPr)
