United Kingdom Charlotte Bray, Wagner, Strauss: CBSO Youth Orchestra / Jac van Steen (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 23.2.2014. (RD)
Roderic Dunnett
Rapturous Performance of Purcell’s Fairy Queen at Bury Court
United Kingdom Purcell, The Fairy Queen: Soloists and Chorus of Bury Court Opera with Southbank Sinfonia/Simon Over (conductor), Bury Court, Farnham, 22.2.2014. (RD)
A Praiseworthy Mendelssohn Second from Gardner and CBSO
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus and CBSO Youth Chorus/Edward Gardner (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham Thursday 13.2 2014.
American Choir Joins English Concert in Impressive Theodora
United Kingdom Handel, Theodora: Soloists, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, English Concert / Harry Bicket (conductor), Town Hall, Birmingham, 6.2.2014. (RD)
Invigorating, Colourful Music in Selmeczi’s New Opera
Hungary György Selmeczi, Spiritisti: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Hungarian State Opera/János Kovács (conductor), Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, 19.1.2014. (RD)
Racy and Effortless Student Production of Don Giovanni
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Opera Warwick / Benjamin Hamilton (conductor), Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 16.1.2014 (RD)
Budapest’s Erkel Theatre Reopens with a Double Bill
Hungary Vajda, Mario and the Musician; Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle: Hungarian State Opera, Gregory Vajda (conductor), Erkel Theatre, Budapest, 14.11.2013
Jubliee Opera Presents Stagework Based on Britten’s Late Works
United Kingdom A Time There Was (World Premiere), Lexi Hutton (soprano), Alan Oke (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass-baritone), Jubilee Opera Soloists and Chorus, Jubliee Opera Orchestra / Stuart Bedford (conductor), Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 9.11.2013 (RD).
