United Kingdom Giuseppe Verdi. Otello (1887) Sung in Italian with titles in English: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12-16.3.2013.(RJF)
Robert J Farr
Idiosyncratic Productions Dull Manchester’s Appetite for Opera North
United Kingdom Gounod, Mozart, Janáček: Opera North On Tour: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North. Various conductors as shown.The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 6 – 10.11.2012 (RJF)
A Golden Egg and an Outright Turkey among WNO’s Three Touring Productions
United Kingdom Handel, Mozart, Puccini: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera,Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 16-18.10.2012 (RJF)
Buxton Festival Enters the Stephen Barlow Era
United Kingdom Buxton Festival Opera, Northern Chamber Orchestra , Opera House, Buxton, 1,8,9.7.2012 (RJF)
Garsington Opera Concludes Second Year at Wormsley with Vintage Offenbach
United Kingdom Offenbach, La Périchole: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera/David Parry (conductor), Wormsley, Berks, 18.6.2012. (RF)
Garsington Opera Maintains its Standards in its New Home
United Kingdom Mozart, Vivaldi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera/Douglas Boyd and Laurence Cummings (conductors) Wormsley, Berkshire, 3 & 4.6.2012.(RJF)
Opera North Set High Standards with its Carousel
United Kingdom Rodgers & Hammerstein, Carousel: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus and Dancers of Opera North, The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 23-26.5.2012 (RJF)
Handel is Alive and Well at Manchester’s Music Conservatoire
United Kingdom Handel, Xerxes (sung in Italian with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music/Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music Theatre, Manchester, 22.3.2012 (RJF)