United Kingdom Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore (sung in Italian with surtitles in English): Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Francesco Pasqualetti (conductor), RNCM Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 8.12.2013. (RJF)
Robert J Farr
An Inspirational Conductor Does Verdi Proud on his Bicentenary.
United Kingdom Verdi Bicentenary Concert: The Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, RNCM Chamber Choir, The Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 25.11.2013
With Fewer Production Vagaries Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux Blazes Forth
United Kingdom Gaetano Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: (sung in Italian with surtitles in English and Welsh) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera (on tour), Christian Capocaccia (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 22.11.2013 (RJF)
Some Great Singing, a Pity about the Production and Set
United Kingdom Gaetano Donizetti, Maria Stuarda: (Sung in Italian with surtitles in English and Welsh). Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera (on tour) / Robin Newton (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 21.11.2013. (RJW)
Great Singing but a Drab Set and Dull Costumes
United Kingdom Gaetano Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Michael Ward (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 20.11.2013.
An Outstanding Soprano in Tosca Gets the Season off to a Good Start
United Kingdom Giacomo Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera (on tour) / Simon Phillipo (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 19.11.2013. (RJF)
Oke Gives Magnificent Performance in Britten’s Final Opera
United Kingdom Benjamin Britten, Death in Venice (1973): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, 7.11.2013
Opera North Swings into the Sixties with Britten’s Dream
United Kingdom Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1960): Sung in English with subtitles. Soloists, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/ Stuart Stratford (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, 6.11.2013.
Sung in English with subtitles.