United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, Coliseum, London, 3.8.2012. (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Prom 22: Noseda’s Impressive Mahler Seventh at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 22: Mozart, Knussen and Mahler: Gillian Keith (soprano), BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2012. (JPr)
Final Tchaikovsky Ballet from Schaufuss an Improvement on Forerunners
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky Trilogy (Part 3), The Nutcracker: Irek Mukhamedov with dancers of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 27.7.2012. (JPr)
Schaufuss’s Modern Reworking of Tchaikovsky Ballets
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky Trilogy Parts I & II – Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty: Alban Lendorf and Irek Mukhamedov with dancers of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet. London Coliseum, London, 23 & 24.7.2012. (JPr)
Prom 11:Troy Vividly Re-Created at The Proms
United Kingdom Prom 11: Berlioz, The Trojans (Les Troyens): soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.7.2012. (JPr)
Longborough’s Götterdämmerung: a Monumental Achievement
United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Alan Privett (director), Kjell Torriset (designer),16-19.7.2012 (JPr)
Prom 5: Juanjo Mena Leads a Variable Prom
United Kingdom Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho and Sibelius: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano),BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.7.2012. (JPr)
Prom 3: Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande (Concert Performance)
United Kingdom Prom 3: Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande (concert performance):soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.7.2012. (JPr)