United Kingdom Met Live in HD 2012/13, Berlioz, Les Troyens: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conductor Fabio Luisi; production by Francesca Zambello, directed for live cinema by Barbara Willis Sweete) and broadcast to the Barbican Cinema, London, 5.1.2013. (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Bryn Terfel on Top Form in Wagner’s Flying Dutchman
United Kingdom Wagner, The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Zurich Opera House / Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.12.2012. (JPr)
Jurowski and the LPO on Variable Form
United Kingdom Brahms, Wagner and Bruckner: Anna Larsson (contralto), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.10.2012. (JPr)
Ironical Peek at Pop Music Scene Offers a Fun Night Out
United Kingdom Viva Forever! (New musical – directed by Paul Garrington, with book by Jennifer Saunders and music by the Spice Girls): Piccadilly Theatre, London, 13.12.2012. (JPr)
Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker is Perfectly Charming
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, Choir of Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Orchestra of English National Ballet / Benjamin Pope. (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 12.12.2012. (JPr)
Met’s Un Ballo has Echoes of Alden’s 1989 Production for ENO
United Kingdom Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Fabio Luisi. (Production by David Alden; directed for live cinema by Matthew Diamond; broadcast to the Barbican Cinema, London, 8.12.2012. (JPr)
Lehár’s Merry Widow: the Mamma Mia! of its Age
United Kingdom Lehár: The Merry Widow (a semi-staged concert version directed by Simon Butteriss): soloists, Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.12.2012. (JPr)
Mahler with Surprisingly Limited Emotional Impact
United Kingdom Schumann and Mahler: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Chen Reiss (soprano), Guildhall Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 1.12.2012. (JPr)