United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloist, Chorus, Capital Arts Children’s Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Oliver Gooch (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 27.2.2014 (JPr)
Francesca Zambello’s Bohème Extravaganza a Brilliant Success
Jim Pritchard
A Lively Evening with Nigel Kennedy
United Kingdom Bach Plus (Bach meets Kennedy): Nigel Kennedy and musicians. Basildon Towngate, Basildon, Essex, 26.2.2014. (JPr)
An Unusual Pairing of Works in the Andris Nelsons Brahms Cycle
United Kingdom Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Hanna Weinmeister (viola) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Martin Helmchen (piano), Sally Matthews (soprano), James Rutherford (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (c0onductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.2.2014. (JPr)
Marti Webb Returns to London’s West End with Songs and Letters Home
United Kingdom Don Black and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tell Me on a Sunday: Marti Webb and musicians. Duchess Theatre, London. 18.2.2014. (JPr)
Great Conducting and Vocal Fireworks in Covent Garden’s Turandot
United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti in Andrei Serban’s 1984 production: designs by Sally Jacobs. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 17.2.2014. (JPr)
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Fulham’s Götterdämmerung a Triumph of Ambition and Perseverance
United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists of Fulham Opera, Nick Fletcher (piano accompanist), Fiona Williams (stage director), St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 16.2.2014. (JPr)
Holten’s Don Giovanni Lacks Magic and Comedy
Mozart, Don Giovanni (in a new production by Kaspar Holten): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Nicola Luisotti. Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. 12.2.2014. (JPr)
ENO’s Rigoletto Exposes Victorian Morality’s Darker Side
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera/Graeme Jenkins (conductor, London Coliseum, London, 13.2.2014. (JPr)