Clive Peacock – Seen and Heard International

Longborough Festival Opera’s investment in Emerging Artists pays dividends

05/08/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [4] – Emerging Artist Double Bill, Waley-Cohen, Spell Book; Francesca Caccini, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina: Soloists, CHROMA Ensemble / Yshani Perinpanayagam (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 31.7.2022. (CP)

Elin Pritchard grabs her opportunity to shine as Rusalka in Garsington’s big success

02/07/202202/07/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [3] – Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 1.7.2022. (CP)

Vodník (Musa Ngqungwana) and Wood nymphs (c) Julian Guidera

Rachel Nicholls’s remarkable versatility in Die tote Stadt delivers another Longborough success

29/06/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [2] – Korngold, Die tote Stadt: Soloists, Longborough Youth Chorus (pre-recorded), Longborough Festival Orchestra / Justin Brown (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 25.6.2022. (CP)

Luci Briginshaw (Juliette), Stephanie Windsor-Lewis (Brigitta/Lucienne), Alexander Sprague (Victorin/Gaston), Lee David Bowen (Graf Albert) (c) Matthew Williams-Ellis

Nevill Holt Opera’s innovative team stages an outrageously good Barber of Seville

24/06/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Nevill Holt Opera 2022 [2] – Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Royal Northern Sinfonia / Dinis Sousa (conductor). Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 23.6.2022. (CP)

Nevill Holt Opera’s The Barber of Seville (c) Genevieve Girling

Conductor Nicholas Chalmers brings an intensity and drive to a super cast in Nevill Holt’s La bohème

11/06/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Nevill Holt Opera 2022 [1] – Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Manchester Camerata / Nicholas Chalmers (conductor). Market Harborough, Leicestershire. 8.6.2022. (CP)

Nevill Holt Opera’s *La bohème* (c) Genevieve Girling

Ex Cathedra’s premiere of a new Requiem for reconciliation and peace in Coventry Cathedral

10/05/202202/03/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Liz Dilnot Johnson: Gabriella Liandu (mezzo-soprano), Rupert Jeffcoat (organ), James Keefe (piano), Kadialy Kouyate (West African kora), various performing groups, Ex Cathedra Choir & Academy of Vocal Music / Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor). Coventry Cathedral, 26.2.2022. (CP)

Liz Dilnot Johnson’s *When a Child is a Witness* at Coventry Cathedral

Orchestra of the Swan’s blockbuster pairing triumphs in Warwick

27/03/202222/01/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Wagner, Mozart, Schubert: Orchestra of the Swan / Michael Collins (conductor, clarinet). Warwick Hall, Warwick School, 20.1.2022. (CP)

The NYO Open Up and Let Loose with great aplomb at Warwick Arts Centre

20/02/202209/01/2022 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Adès, Frank, Rachmaninoff: National Youth Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay (conductor). Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 7.1.2022. (CP)

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain performing recently in the Barbican Hall

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