United Kingdom Oti Mabuse – I Am Here: Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Essex, 5.6.2022. (JPr)
Her I Am Here show proves Oti Mabuse is definitely here to stay
Jim Pritchard
Longborough’s Siegfried benefits from generally clear storytelling and solid musical values
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [1] – Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 1.6.2022. (JPr)
Lise Davidsen and Freddie De Tommaso’s memorable Barbican recital with an eclectic programme
United Kingdom Lise Davidsen (soprano), Freddie De Tommaso (tenor) and James Baillieu (piano): Barbican Hall, London, 30.5.2022. (JPr)
At the end of Stefan Herheim’s new Berlin Ring, Götterdämmerung wipes the slate clean
Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, actors, Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Filmed (directed by Götz Filenius) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in November 2021 and now available on Marquee TV. (JPr)
Elīna Garanča seduces in Richard Jones’s Poundland Samson et Dalila at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 26.5.2022. (JPr)
Simon Stone’s Rust Belt Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met shows Nadine Sierra is one for the ages!
United States The Met: Live in HD – Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 21.5.2021. (JPr)
How Erik Snyder became the English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2022
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2022: Livestreamed from the Holloway Production Studio at the Mulryan Centre for Dance on London City Island, 19.5.2022. (JPr)
The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake revival is notable for Lauren Cuthbertson’s total emotional engagement
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of the Royal Ballet School, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Gavriel Heine (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and relayed to Cineworld Basildon, Essex. 19.5.2022. (JPr)
