Wexford Festival Ends with a Sprightly Production of Another Opera Rarity, Le Pré aux Clercs

IrelandIreland Hérold, Le Pré aux Clercs: Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 29.10.2015 (JMI)

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Hérold’s Le Pré aux Clercs at Wexford (c) Clive Barda

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WNO’s Gruesome Sweeney Todd Brings Madness to the Musical Theatre

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stephen Sondheim,  Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – A Musical ThrillerSoloists and Orchestras of Welsh National Opera/James Southall (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 29.10.2015. (RJF)

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WNO’s Sweeney Todd (c) Welsh National Opera

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Sumptuous Sound from James Levine in the Met’s Traditional Tannhäuser

United StatesUnited States Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / James Levine (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 31.10.2015. (JPr)

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Otto Schenk and Günther Schneider-Siemssen’s Tannhäuser Act II
(c) Marty Sohl/ Metropolitan Opera

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The Intrigue of the Paganini Variations: World Premiere of Poul Ruders’ Piano Concerto no. 3

CanadaCanada  Ruders, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Sibelius: Anne-Marie McDermott (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24.10.2015 (GN)

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Anne-Marie McDermott and Poul Ruders Photo Credit Joyce Janvier

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