United Kingdom Queen and Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 1.8.2022. (JPr)
We Will Rock You celebrates its twentieth anniversary as the music of Queen rocks on!
Jim Pritchard
Water flows through an otherwise oddly programmed Prom from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [10], Prom 19: Dukas, Respighi, Puccini: Soloists, Philharmonia Voices, Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Recorded (directed by Helen Mansfield) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2022. It is currently available on BBC iPlayer. (JPr)
Doreen Carwithen, Grace Williams and Vaughan Williams look out to sea at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [9], Prom 16 – Doreen Carwithen, Grace Williams, Vaughan Williams: Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Andrew Manze (conductor). Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, (directed by Rhodri Huw) and now available on BBC iPlayer, 27.7.2022. (JPr)
Daniel Kramer’s kaleidoscopic, futuristic, dystopian reimagining of Turandot in Geneva
Switzerland Puccini, Turandot: Grand Théâtre de Genève Chorus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Antonino Fogliani (conductor). Recorded (directed by Jérémie Cuvillier) at Grand Théâtre de Genève, 22.6.2022 and available on OperaVision until 22.1.2023. (JPr)
Eccentric programming and music of little interest brought no sense of occasion to a ‘Royal’ Prom
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [5], Prom 10 – ‘Music for Royal Occasions’: BBC Singers (chorus master: Martin Fitzpatrick), BBC Concert Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.7.2022. (MB)
Jodie Comer triumphs in Prima Facie and is one of the outstanding stage actors of her generation
United Kingdom Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie: Recorded (directed for the screen by Matthew Amos) at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre and broadcast by NT Live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 21.7.2022. (JPr)
Kurzak and Alagna bring long-awaited star power to Michieletto’s Covent Garden Cav & Pag
United Kingdom Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists, Members of the Youth Opera Company, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 8.7.2022. (JPr)
David Alden’s Otello for Grange Park Opera is compelling from first note till last
United Kingdom The Bamber Season 2022 – Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus, The Gascoigne Orchestra / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Grange Park Opera, West Horsley, 3.7.2022. (JPr)
