SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
United Kingdom Various – A Chorus Christmas: Singers and musicians from the Welsh National Opera and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama / Freddie Brown (conductor, organ) & Tim Rhys-Evans (conductor). Tabernacle Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff, 7.12.2024. (LJ)
Musicians: Dean Wright and Martin McHale (trumpet, WNO); Edward Griffiths (horn, WNO); Alan Swain (bass trombone, WNO); Riccardo Fabisiak (percussion, RWCMD); and Joshua Gurner (timpani, RWCMD).
United Kingdom Various: Amy Dickson (saxophone) & Catherine Milledge (piano). Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 29.11.2024. (GPu)
United Kingdom Biber, Froberger, Kapsberger: Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque (Elizabeth Kenny [theorbo] and Marcin Świątkiewicz [harpsichord]). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 1.12.2024. (LJ)
United Kingdom Dancing and Deities: Olivia Boen (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (mezzo-soprano), Levy Sekgapane (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Nil Venditti (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.11.2024. (PCG)
United Kingdom David Grubb – Circadia: David Grubb (violin, viola, mandolin, musical saw), Annie Perry (clarinet, bass clarinet), Corben Lee (piano, keyboards), Daniel Whitting (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Aidan Thorne (double bass, bass guitar), John Reynolds (drums). Richard Burton Theatre at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 21.11.2024. (LJ)
United Kingdom Bernstein, Barber, Schubert: Nicky Spence (tenor), Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 9.11.2024. (PCG)
United Kingdom Montgomery, Kats-Chernin, Watkins: Emily Sun (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Gemma New (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 24.10.2024. (PCG)
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Pietro Rizzo (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.9.2024. (GPu)
