United Kingdom Various composers, A Passing Cloud: Royal New Zealand Ballet, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 17.11.2015. (J.O’D)
New Zealand Ballet Brings Exciting New Ballet to the UK’s Linbury Studio Theatre
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Pascal Rophé’s Impressively Gallic Conducting Experienced in London
United Kingdom Franck, Ravel, Berlioz: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Pascal Rophé (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 18.11.2015. (AS)
Pianistic Poetry, Insight and Musicality from Richard Goode
United Kingdom Mozart, Brahms: Richard Goode (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.11.2015. (GD)
Dramatic Urgency and Angst in Independent Opera’s Staging of Voseček’s Biedermann and the Arsonists
United Kingdom Šimon Voseček, Biedermann and the Arsonists: Independent Opera soloists and the Britten Sinfonia / Timothy Redmond (conductor). Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London, 17.11.2015. (JPr)
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Caroline Finn’s Bloom Impresses in Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Triple Bill
United Kingdom Various composers, Until. With/Out. Enough; TearFall; Bloom: Phoenix Dance Theatre, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 12.11.2015. (J.O’D)
Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields: A Thrilling Partnership
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mozart: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Joshua Bell (Director and Violin Soloist), Barbican, London. 11.11.2015. (LB)
Haas’s Morgen und Abend is a New Existential Opera Exploring Life and Death
United Kingdom Georg Friedrich Haas, Morgen und Abend (world première): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Michael Boder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 13.11.2015. (JPr)
Carlos Acosta’s Farewell in Carmen Lacks his Usual Charisma
United Kingdom Carlos Acosta’s Carmen (part of a mixed bill including Viscera, Afternoon of a Faun and Tchaikovsky Pas de deux): Soloists, Corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Emmanuel Plasson and Martin Yates (conductors). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 12.11.2015. (JPr)
