United States Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions, Ohio District: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. 18.10.14 (RDA)
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Opera Danube Brings The Waltz-King to St. John’s Smith Square
United Kingdom Opera Danube Present Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus (a semi-staged concert version directed by Simon Butteriss): soloists, The London Oriana Choir, Orpheus Sinfonia, Oliver Gooch (conductor). St. John’s, Smith Square, London, 18.10.2014. (JPr)
A Recital of Technical Expertise but Insufficient Relaxation
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Prokofiev, David Braid, Franck: Yuri Zhislin (violin), Sergei Podobedov (piano), King’s Place, London 19.10.2014 (CS)
The Kuss Quartet Particularly Impress in Haydn and Mendelssohn
United Kingdom Haydn, Janáček, Mendelssohn: Kuss Quartet [Jana Kuss & Olivier Wille (violins), William Coleman (viola), Mikayel Hakhnazaryan (cello)], King’s Place, London, 17.10.2014 (CS)
Première of Paul Spicer’s Exciting New Choral Symphony Makes a Strong Impact in Birmingham
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Paul Spicer. Johane Ansell (soprano), William Dazeley (baritone),Birmingham Bach Choir, The Birmingham Consort, Midlands Military Community Choir, Orchestra of the Swan, Paul Spicer (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 13. 9. 2014 (RD)
BRB Takes Its War Memories to London
United Kingdom Ravel, Bliss, Arnold, Britten, Shadows of War: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 17.10.2014 (J.O’D)
Revival of Blood Brothers Lives Up to Expectations
United Kingdom. Willy Russell: Blood Brothers: Birmingham Hippodrome, 14.10.2014 (GR).
Saimir Pirgu, the Albanian Tenor, in Conversation with Margarida Mota-Bull
Saimir Pirgu, the Albanian Tenor, in Conversation with Margarida Mota-Bull (4.10.2014)
