United Kingdom Natalia Osipova – Cherkaoui, Maliphan, Pita: Sergei Polunin, Jason Kittelberger, James O’Hara (Dancers), Sadler’s Wells, London, 30.6.2016. (JPr)
Osipova’s Contemporary Dance Triple Bill at Sadler’s Wells Impresses and Disappoints
Jim Pritchard
Wonderful Singing Makes The Royal Opera’s Revival of Werther Worthwhile
United Kingdom Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Orchestra of The Royal Opera / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 19.6.2016. (JPr)
R.I.P. IN MEMORIAM – ALBERTO REMEDIOS CBE (1935-2016)
The death has been announced of Liverpool-born internationally renowned tenor Alberto Remedios CBE
Negus Brings Persuasive Grandeur and Lightness of Touch to Longborough’s Tannhäuser
United Kingdom Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, 14.6.2015. (JPr)
Daniel Kramer’s Tristan and Isolde for ENO Lacks Quality and Coherence Despite a Promising Start
United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 9.6.2016. (JPr)
The OAE’s 30th Anniversary Der Freischütz Hits the Bullseye
United Kingdom Weber: Soloists, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.6.2016. (JPr)
Plácido Domingo Continues to Defy the Years in Covent Garden’s Nabucco
United Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 6.6.2016. (JPr)
Daniel Harding’s Vivid Mahler with the LSO
United Kingdom Mahler: Miah Persson (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.6.2016. (JPr)