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Innocent, Natural and Instinctive Dancing from National Youth Dance Company

15/04/201609/04/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Richter, In-Nocentes: National Youth Dance Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 7.4.2016. (J.O’D)

London, UK. 07.04.2016. National Youth Dance Company presents the premiere of "In-Nocentes" at Sadler's Wells. Choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan, Artistic Director for NYDC for 2015 - 2016, with lighting design by Peter Harrison, set and costume design by Laura Hopkins. NYDC is touring the work from 26 June – 23 July 2016. The dancers are: Monique Ademilola, Jasmine Bayes, Tomas Brennan, Jamie Buchanan, Arthur Clayton, Isis Clunie, Olivia Doyle, Lucia Fortune-Ely, Christian Griffin, Bar Groisman, Rachael Harrison, Alex Henderson, Amie Hibbert, Christopher Hicks, Tommy Hodgkins, Noga Inspector, Taitlyn Jaiyeola, Kaylee Jaiyeola, Ethan Joseph, Niamh Keeling, Rose Lewis, Blue Makwana, Dominic McAinsh, Iona McGuire, Kennedy Muntanga, Daniel Nattrass, Jessica Nixon, Jasmine Norton, Ethan Nott, Chris Pilbeam, David Prempeh, Jackson Shallcross-Platt, Kia Skilbeck, Ben Todd-Jones, Tre Usoro-Williams, Chad Wakefield, Molly Walker, John-William Watson, George Williams, Hallam Wood. Photograph © Jane Hobson — National Youth Dance Company’s *In-Nocentes*
© Jane Hobson

Virtuoso Prokofiev from Trifanov and Stoic Nielsen from Gilbert

15/04/201609/04/2016 by Geoff DIggines

United Kingdom Sibelius, Prokofiev, Nielsen: Daniil Trifonov (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 8.4.2016. (GD)

Katie Mitchell’s Lucia is Sad, Bad, Mad and Dangerous To Know

15/04/201608/04/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, chorus and Royal Opera House Orchestra/ Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 7.4.2016. (JPr)

7 April—19 May 2016 Main Stage Diana Damrau and Aleksandra Kurzak lead two world-class casts in Katie Mitchell’s new production of Donizetti’s tragic opera. Music Gaetano Donizetti Libretto Salvadore Cammarano Director Katie Mitchell Designer Vicki Mortimer Lighting designer Jon Clark Associate director Joseph Alford Conductor Daniel Oron Cast: Lucia - Diana Damrau Enrico Ashton - Ludovic Tézier Edgardo - Charles Castronovo Arturo Bucklaw - Taylor Stayton Raimondo Bidebent - Kwangchul Youn Normanno - Peter Hoare Alisa - Rachael Lloyd Co-production with Greek National Opera — *Lucia di Lammermoor* Act II (c) Stephen Cummisky

Naturalistic Dancing from Nuñez and Muntagirov in Royal Ballet’s Giselle

28/12/202207/04/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Adolphe Adam, Giselle: Soloists, Corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 6.4.2016. (JPr)

25840642100_47b25f7b68_b — Marianela Nunez (Giselle) and Vadim Muntagirov (Albrecht) © Tristram Kenton

Much to Admire from Christian Gerhaher’s Schubert but Were Expectations Fully Met?

10/04/201604/04/2016 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Schubert: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 31.3.2016 (MB)

Joshua Bell’s Distinctive Way with Tchaikovsky

10/04/201604/04/2016 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom Nielsen, Sibelius, Anders Hillborg, Tchaikovsky: Joshua Bell (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/Alan Gilbert (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2016 (CS)

Barry Takes Musico-Dramatic Sledgehammer to Wilde’s Importance with Hilarious Results

10/04/201604/04/2016 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Gerald Barry, The Importance of Being Earnest: Soloists, Britten Sinfonia, Tim Murray (conductor). Barbican Theatre, 29.3.2016. (MB)

The Importance of Being Earnest 29 March—3 April 2016 Barbican Theatre Gerald Barry’s operatic adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic play is a comic masterpiece. Music Gerald Barry Libretto Gerald Barry Creative: Tim Murray Conductor Director Ramin Gray Set Design Ben Clark (after an idea by Johannes Schutz) Composed by Costume designs Christina Cunningham Lighting Design Franz Peter David Movement Director Leon Baugh Cast: Simon Wilding as Lane/Merriman Benedict Nelson as Algernon Moncreiff Paul Curievici as John Worthing Stephanie Marshall as The Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax Alan Ewing as Lady Bracknell Hilary Summers as Miss Prism - as Cecily Cardew - as The Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D — *The Importance of Being Ernest* (c) ROH/Stephen Cummiskey.

Vadim Gluzman Harks Back to a Golden Age of Violin Playing

08/04/201603/04/2016 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Brahms, Lena Auerbach, Tchaikovsky: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Angela Yoffe (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 1.4.2016. (CS)

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