United Kingdom Puccini, Madam Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, conducted by Oleg Caetani. The London Coliseum, London, 8.5.2012. (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Veteran – Even Vintage – La bohème Still Satisfies at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 30.4.2012. (JPr)
Scottish Ballet’s ‘Streetcar’ Transfers to London
United Kingdom Peter Salem, A Streetcar Named Desire: Soloists, Company and Orchestra of Scottish Ballet, Martin Yates (Conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 26.4.2012. (JPr)
LSO’s Concert Performance of Der Freischütz Lacks Drama

United Kingdom Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 21.4.2012. (JPr)
Impressive Sibelius from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Søndergård
United Kingdom Sibelius, Dvarionas: Vadim Gluzman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 13.4.12 (JPr)
Thirteen Years On Gergiev Returns with a Masterful Parsifal
United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2012. (JPr)
Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Royal Opera / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 30.3.2012. (JPr)
An Almost Perfect Evening of Dance at the English National Ballet
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Debussy, Lalo, Apollo, Jeux, Le Train bleu, Suite en blanc: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, London Coliseum, 28.3.12. (JPr) |