United Kingdom Grieg, Sibelius, Tarrodi: Eric Lu (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). City Halls Glasgow, 9.11.2024. (GT)
Eric Lu’s marvellous artistry was the high point in an evening of Nordic contrasts in Glasgow
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Scottish Opera’s revival of Don Pasquale is an extraordinary show of great bel canto singing and comic fun
United Kingdom Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Chorus of Don Pasquale and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 26.10.2024. (GT)
Scottish Opera’s refreshingly comic Albert Herring: magnificent singing and acting in a satire on village life
United Kingdom Britten, Albert Herring: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera / William Cole (conductor). Theatre Royal Glasgow, 22.10.2024. (GT)
Emelyanychev and Isserlis launch the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 51st season with Dvořák masterworks
United Kingdom Dvořák: Steven Isserlis (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 27.9.2024. (GT)
RCS’s outstanding Idomeneo in Glasgow reveals the great potential their singers, chorus and orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / John Butt (conductor). New Atheneum Theatre, Glasgow, 20.3.2024. (GT)
Scottish Opera’s Marx in London! in Glasgow is more reminiscent of a Marx Brothers farce
United Kingdom Jonathan Dove and Charles Hart, Marx in London!: Soloists, the Chorus of Marx in London and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera / David Parry (conductor).Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 15.2.2024. (GT)
Nicola Benedetti gives a magnificent performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto in Glasgow
United Kingdom Montgomery, Mozart, Beethoven: Nicola Benedetti (violinist), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (director / violin). City Halls, Glasgow, 15.12.2023. (GT)
RCS’s memorable double bill shows post-WWII operas don’t have to be feared and can be entirely engaging
United Kingdom Opera Double Bill – Gian Carlo Menotti, The Medium & Jake Heggie, Three Decembers: Soloists and Musicians of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / William Cole (conductor). Sir Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, 1.11.2023. (MC)
