United Kingdom Various composers, Puttin’ on the Ritz: Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 6.7.2019. (MC)
Blackpool
BBC Philharmonic’s Light Odyssey Illuminates Blackpool
United Kingdom Light Odyssey (Lightpool Festival 2018) – Debussy, Saint‐Saëns, Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Vaughan Williams, Britten: BBC Philharmonic / Eivind Aadland (conductor), Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, 18.10.2018. (MC)
ETO’s Gimmicky-less Figaro was a Highly Entertaining Evening
United Kingdom Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Christopher Stark (conductor), Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 9.6.2018. (MC)
ETO’s Tosca Draws you into a Stifling Environment of Unease and Fear
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Ensemble and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire. 10.6.2017. (MC)
Ellen Kent’s La bohème Deserves Warm Audience Applause
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists and cast of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’ / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor). Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire. 13.2.2017. (MC)
Ellen Kent Upholds Values of Traditional Staging in Touring Aida
United Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists and cast of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’ / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor), Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 10.11.2016. (MC)
Political Incorrectness Unleashed at Blackpool
United Kingdom Mel Brooks, The Producers: Blackpool Operatic Players, Grand Theatre, Blackpool. 13.4.2016. (MC)
Ellen Kent’s Perceptive and Entertaining Tosca Makes Strong Impression
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists of Chisinau National Opera, Members of the Orchestra of the National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Moldova ‘Maria Biesu’ and National Philharmonic of Moldova ‘Serghei Lunchevici’, Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor), Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 7.2.2016 (MC)