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Markus Stenz Excels In an All-Too-Rare London Appearance

24/11/201123/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart, Turnage, Strauss: Lawrence Power (viola), Markus Stenz (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, 19. 10. 2011 (GDn)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Gavin Dixon, London

Crazy for You Uplifts with its Exuberance and Good-looking Chorus Girls

25/10/201122/10/2011 by Stan

George and Ira Gershwin’s Crazy for You: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production directed by Timothy Sheader, Novello Theatre,London, 19.10.2011. (JPr)

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Categories Previously Published, Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films Tags Jim Pritchard, London

A Sunny And Pastoral La Fille Revival Showcases Ashton’s Genius

25/10/201122/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Frederick Ashton’s :La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia,  Philip Ellis (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 20.10.11. (JPr)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films Tags Jim Pritchard, London

London Philharmonic and Nézet-Séguin Pay Tribute to Sir Thomas Beecham

25/10/201121/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Weber, Mozart, Schubert: Aldo Ciccolini (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra,Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London. 12.10.2011 (GD)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Geoff Diggines, London

Fine Acting, but Covent Garden’s Dutchman Fails to Set Sail

27/04/201720/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists and Chorus of Royal Opera, Jeffrey Tate (Conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 18.10.2011. (JPr)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Jim Pritchard, London

Splendid Russian Concert from Sinaisky and the BBC Philharmonic

31/10/201117/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Howard Shelley (piano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,Vassily Sinaisky (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15.10.2011 (MC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Michael Cookson

Anna (Netrebko) Triumphs As Anna (Bolena) At The Met

18/10/201117/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Met Live in HD 2011/12, Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Marco Armiliato. Broadcast to the IMAX, Waterloo, London, 15.10.11. (JPr)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Jim Pritchard, London

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Presents the ‘Best of Broadway’

14/02/201416/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Presents the ‘Best of Broadway’: Mary Carewe, Ria Jones, Graham Bickley, Michael Dore (vocalists), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, David Firman (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.10.2011. (JPr)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films Tags Jim Pritchard, London
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