United Kingdom Paul Potts In Concert: Paul Potts with special guests Laura Wright and Elektra; musicians, Chris Taylor (piano/music director) and Robert Willis (conductor). Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex. 23.10.2014. (JPr)
Paul Potts In Concert:
Jim Pritchard
Jette Parker Young Artists on the First Rung of a (Silken) Career Ladder
United Kingdom Rossini’s La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder): Jette Parker Young Artists, Meet The Young Artists Week, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 24.10.2014 (JPr)
Linbury Studio Theatre Photo (c) Mark Douet
A Disappointing Recital by Elīna Garanča
United Kingdom Schumann, Berg and Strauss: Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) and Malcolm Martineau (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 21.10.2014. (JPr)
Opera Danube Brings The Waltz-King to St. John’s Smith Square
United Kingdom Opera Danube Present Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus (a semi-staged concert version directed by Simon Butteriss): soloists, The London Oriana Choir, Orpheus Sinfonia, Oliver Gooch (conductor). St. John’s, Smith Square, London, 18.10.2014. (JPr)
Committed Dancing in Richly Textured Manon
United Kingdom Massenet, Manon: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast to the Ham Yard Hotel, Soho, London, 16.10.2014. (JPr)
Élan and Conviction in BRB’s Beauty and the Beast
United Kingdom Glenn Buhr, Beauty and the Beast: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis. Sadler’s Wells, London, 14.10.2014. (JPr)
Stirring Performances in Met’s Macbeth
United States Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 11.9.2014. (JPr)
Shelton Pays Tribute to Musical Legend
SINATRA The Main Event: Richard Shelton, Louise Dearman and Caroline O’ Connor (vocalists), Renato D’Aiello and The Syd Lawrence Orchestra (Chris Dean, conductor and trombone). Cadogan Hall, London, 10.10.2014. (JPr)
