United Kingdom Rossini, Il Viaggio a Reims (concert performance): Jette Parker Young Artists, Orchestra of English National Opera/Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20.7.2012. (CC)
Colin Clarke
Prom 4:An Exciting Transatlantic Joint Venture at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 4: Respighi, Ravel: Adams: Imogen Cooper (piano), Orchestras of the Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School, John Adams (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 16.7.2012 (CC)
Dr Dee Opera: Insipid, Uninspired, Boring and a Sham
United Kingdom Albarn/Norris, Dr Dee: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Stephen Higgins (conductor), Coliseum, London, 26.6.2012. (CC)
Magnificent Performance from Patricia Orr in a Mascagni Rarity
United Kingdom Mascagni, Puccini Cast, Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Manlio Benzi, Opera Holland Park, London, 22.6.2012 (CC)
ENO’s Billy Budd is Dark, Powerful and Electrifying
United Kingdom Britten, Billy Budd: Cast, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Edward Gardner (conductor), London Coliseum, 18.6.2012 (CC)
Ashkenazy Conducts Russian Music
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano), Sergey Alexashkin (bass), Philharmonia Voices & Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (Conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 24.5.2012 (CC)
Jessye Norman: The Great American Diva Still Has ‘It’
United Kingdom Bernstein, Rodgers, Gershwin, Arlen, Donaldson, Weill, Duke Ellington: Jessye Norman (soprano); Mark Markham (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 21.5.2012 (CC)
Mariss Jansons Conducts Richard Strauss With Mixed Success
United Kingdom R. Strauss: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Mariss Jansons. Barbican Hall, London 12.5.2012 (CC)