Jim Pritchard – Page 20 – Seen and Heard International

Dnipro Opera visits Basildon and Madama Butterfly is emotional and thought-provoking in many ways

05/06/202327/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Ukrainian National Opera – Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Dnipro Opera, Ukraine / Ihor Puchkov (conductor). Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 25.3.2023. (JPr)

Melbourne Opera takes the Ring road to Bendigo for Das Rheingold

07/04/202325/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

Australia Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Melbourne Opera Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Livestreamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall from the Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, 24.2.2023. (JPr)

Opening scene of Melbourne Opera’s *Das Rheingold*

Final(?) ROH performances of Serban’s Turandot is splendidly sung, but not by those you might expect

29/03/202323/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot (completed by Franco Alfano): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 22.3.2023. (JPr)

Yonghoon Lee (Calaf), Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Vitalij Kowaljow (Timur) © Marc Brenner

Far from ‘Fab-u-lous’, but it was a standing ovation for Strictly Ballroom The Musical at Cliffs Pavilion

05/06/202321/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 20.3.2023. (JPr)

Kevin Clifton (Scott Hastings) and Maisie Smith (Fran) © Ellie Kurttz

Between two realms: Piotr Beczała stars in François Girard’s new Lohengrin at the Met

05/06/202319/03/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Directed for The Met: Live in HD by Gary Halvorson and seen at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 18.3.2023. (JPr)

Final scene of François Girard’s *Lohengrin* © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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Dnipro Opera visits Basildon and Madama Butterfly is emotional and thought-provoking in many ways

Melbourne Opera takes the Ring road to Bendigo for Das Rheingold

Final(?) ROH performances of Serban’s Turandot is splendidly sung, but not by those you might expect

Far from ‘Fab-u-lous’, but it was a standing ovation for Strictly Ballroom The Musical at Cliffs Pavilion

Between two realms: Piotr Beczała stars in François Girard’s new Lohengrin at the Met

Amongst the magnolias you will bond with Robert Harling’s steely women

Akram Khan’s Creature – back on stage soon and on screen – does not do justice to the subject matter

Spousal abuse, racism and misogyny explored in Clint Dyer’s Othello production for the National Theatre