United Kingdom Various, Alice Sara Ott’s Echoes of Life: Alice Sara Ott (piano), Hakan Demirel (video installation). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 7.9.2021. (CC)
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Opera Holland Park’s new film of William Walton’s The Bear is thoroughly entertaining
United Kingdom Walton, The Bear: Soloists, Members of City of London Sinfonia (Fran Hills [piano], Ruth Funnell [violin], Christopher Rawley [bassoon], Stephanie Beck [harp] and Glyn Matthews [percussion]) / John Andrews (conductor). Filmed at Stone House during April 2020 and streaming from 9 to 13.11.2021 (click here). (JPr)
Edward Gardner and the LPO make Bluebeard’s Castle a shattering experience
United Kingdom Haydn, Bartók: Ildikó Komlósi (soprano), John Relyea (bass), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.11.2021. (MB)
HGO’s vibrant, glowing Le nozze di Figaro is proof positive of the eternal durability of Mozart’s masterpiece
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists; Chamber Orchestra of Hampstead Garden Opera / Thomas Payne (conductor). Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate, London, 5.11.2021. (CC)
Superb singing and theatrical audacity from Theatre of Sound delivers a most gripping Bluebeard’s Castle
United Kingdom Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists of London Sinfonietta / Stephen Higgins (conductor). Theatre of Sound at Stone Nest, London, 6.11.2021. (KMcD)
A Wagner Ring curiosity and subtle Strauss from Rouvali and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Wagner: Miah Persson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.11.2021. (CC)
Opera Holland Park’s ‘Pay What you Feel’ screenings of William Walton’s The Bear
Opera Holland Park releases a new online production of William Walton’s The Bear
‘If there’s going to be equality between the sexes, then let us have it!’
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An angry creditor, a reclusive widow, a loyal servant and a pair of pistols are the ingredients for an unlikely romance in William Walton’s adaptation of Chekhov’s comedy.
Filmed and recorded live on location in Stone House over two days in April 2021, Walton’s witty one-act opera reunites the cast and creative team of Opera Holland Park’s acclaimed 2019 production of Il segreto di Susanna.
Puritans stay away: this ENO HMS Pinafore is pure unadulterated fun
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Chris Hopkins (conductor). London Coliseum, 29.10.2021. (JB)
