United Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 19.11.2021. (MB)
ENO’s The Valkyrie is hobbled by a half-hearted production
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András Schiff joins the Philharmonia in a somewhat inconsistent ‘feast of Mozart’
United Kingdom Mozart: Philharmonia Orchestra / András Schiff (piano, conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.11.2021. (MB)
Ballet Icons Gala 2021 is back on stage at the London Coliseum on 26 November
ENSEMBLE PRODUCTIONS present BALLET ICONS GALA 2021
A superb evening of world class ballet – BACK ON STAGE – CELEBRATION OF DANCE
Friday November 26th 2021 at the LONDON COLISEUM at 7pm
Tickets: £30-£175
Box office: 020 7845 9300 (London Coliseum ticket link here)
The Royal Opera’s Macbeth captures the spirit of Shakespeare’s tragedy, funnelled through Verdi’s genius
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 16.11.2021. (CC)
BRB’s dancers are energised by Curated by Carlos but more substantial achievements lie ahead
United Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Curated by Carlos: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis and Paul Murphy (conductors). Streamed (directed by Ross MacGibbon) on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage from 11.11 to 18.11.2021. (JPr)
Xian Zhang’s listening and control is most impressive in Philharmonia’s magnificent Beethoven and Mahler
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mahler: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Andreas Schager (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra / Xian Zhang (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.11.2021. (CC)
Vive la révolution! François-Xavier Roth conducts Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony with the LSO
United Kingdom Gossec, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.11.2021. (MB)
A ‘new-look’ Takács Quartet at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Haydn, Janáček, Beethoven: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola] and András Fejér [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 8.11.2021. (CS)
