Jim Pritchard – Page 13 – Seen and Heard International

ASMF’s A London Dream is a must-see evocative mix of Mendelssohn, Shakespeare, dance and sight-seeing

22/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

A London Dream: a film from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields premiered on Sky Arts, 21.6.2022. (JPr) Standing on the Southbank of the River Thames Zakia Sewell introduced A London Dream – a film featuring the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, as well as the city that is its home … Read more

Tom Morris’s life-affirming Vienna L’Orfeo is as immersive an experience as is possible in an opera house

21/06/202221/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: Soloists, Dancers, Concentus Musicus Wien / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from the Vienna State Opera, 18.6.2022. (JPr)

Vienna State Opera’s *L’Orfeo* © Michael Pöhn

Pretty Yende is compelling both as actor and singer in Vienna’s I puritani

21/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Bellini, I puritani: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Francesco Lanzillotta (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna State Opera, 2.6.2022. (JPr)

Pretty Yende (Elvira) and John Osborn (Arturo) © Michael Pöhn

Her I Am Here show proves Oti Mabuse is definitely here to stay

10/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Oti Mabuse – I Am Here: Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Essex, 5.6.2022. (JPr)

Longborough’s Siegfried benefits from generally clear storytelling and solid musical values

02/06/202303/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [1] – Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 1.6.2022. (JPr)

Paul Carey Jones (Wanderer) and Mae Heydorn (Erda) (c) Matthew Williiams-Ellis

Lise Davidsen and Freddie De Tommaso’s memorable Barbican recital with an eclectic programme

04/06/202203/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Lise Davidsen (soprano), Freddie De Tommaso (tenor) and James Baillieu (piano): Barbican Hall, London, 30.5.2022. (JPr)

Lise Davidsen accompanied by pianist James Baillieu (c) Mark Allan

At the end of Stefan Herheim’s new Berlin Ring, Götterdämmerung wipes the slate clean

29/05/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, actors, Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Filmed (directed by Götz Filenius) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in November 2021 and now available on Marquee TV. (JPr)

Okka von der Damerau (Waltraute) and Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde) © Bernd Uhlig

Elīna Garanča seduces in Richard Jones’s Poundland Samson et Dalila at Covent Garden

28/05/202227/05/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 26.5.2022. (JPr)

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