United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Utopia, Limited: National Gilbert & Sullivan Company’s Chrous and Orchestra / John Andrews (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 5.8.2022. (RJW)
Gilbert & Sullivan’s Utopia, Limited: a show not to be missed
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Uplifting Buxton Performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Yeomen of the Guard
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Yeomen of the Guard: National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and Orchestra / Timothy Burke (conductor), Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire, 27.7.2019. (RJW)
Haddon Hall is a Grundy and Sullivan Rarity
United Kingdom Grundy & Sullivan, Haddon Hall: Soloists of the National Gilbert and Sullivan Company, National Festival Orchestra / Andrew Nicklin (conductor). Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire, 2.8.2018. (RJW)
Buxton’s Singers Take Up the Challenge of the Considerable Demands of Idomeneo
United Kingdom 2018 Buxton International Festival [2] – Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Kok (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 8.7.2018. (RJF)
Buxton’s Brave Effort to Stage British Premiere of Verdi’s 1846 Alzira
United Kingdom 2018 Buxton International Festival – Verdi’s Alzira: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 7.7.2018. (RJF)
Despite a Stark Production, Quality Singing Contributes to Buxton’s Successful Lucio Silla
United Kingdom Buxton Festival 2017 [3] – Mozart, Lucio Silla: Soloists, The English Concert Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (conductor). Opera House, Buxton. 9.7.2017. (RJF)
Buxton’s Albert Herring Brings Out the Humour and Softens Britten’s Harsh Chords
United Kingdom Buxton Festival 2017 [2] – Britten. Albert Herring: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, NCO Festival Orchestra / Justin Doyle (conductor), Buxton Festival 2017, Opera House, Buxton, 8.7.2017. (RJF)
A Dark and Sparse Buxton Macbeth Redeemed by Outstanding Singing
United Kingdom Buxton Festival 2017 [1] – Verdi, Macbeth (original 1847 version): Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 7.7.2017. (RJF)
