Jim Pritchard – Page 37 – Seen and Heard International

Grange Park Opera’s fine playing and singing redeems the almost irredeemable La Gioconda

05/07/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom The Bamber Season 2022 – Ponchielli, La Gioconda: Soloists, Chorus, The Gascoigne Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Grange Park Opera, West Horsley, 2.7.2022. (JPr)

Much to admire in Parsifal from Opera North despite staging and casting missteps

28/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.6.2022. (JPr)

Toby Spence (Parsifal) and Katerina Karnéus (Kundry) (c) Mark Allan

ASMF’s A London Dream is a must-see evocative mix of Mendelssohn, Shakespeare, dance and sight-seeing

22/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

A London Dream: a film from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields premiered on Sky Arts, 21.6.2022. (JPr) Standing on the Southbank of the River Thames Zakia Sewell introduced A London Dream – a film featuring the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, as well as the city that is its home … Read more

Tom Morris’s life-affirming Vienna L’Orfeo is as immersive an experience as is possible in an opera house

21/06/202221/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: Soloists, Dancers, Concentus Musicus Wien / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from the Vienna State Opera, 18.6.2022. (JPr)

Vienna State Opera’s *L’Orfeo* © Michael Pöhn

Pretty Yende is compelling both as actor and singer in Vienna’s I puritani

15/01/202621/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Bellini, I puritani: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Francesco Lanzillotta (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Dominik Kepczynski) from Vienna State Opera, 2.6.2022. (JPr)

Pretty Yende (Elvira) and John Osborn (Arturo) © Michael Pöhn

Her I Am Here show proves Oti Mabuse is definitely here to stay

10/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Oti Mabuse – I Am Here: Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Essex, 5.6.2022. (JPr)

Longborough’s Siegfried benefits from generally clear storytelling and solid musical values

02/06/202303/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2022 [1] – Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Longborough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Longborough, Gloucestershire, 1.6.2022. (JPr)

Paul Carey Jones (Wanderer) and Mae Heydorn (Erda) (c) Matthew Williiams-Ellis

Lise Davidsen and Freddie De Tommaso’s memorable Barbican recital with an eclectic programme

04/06/202203/06/2022 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Lise Davidsen (soprano), Freddie De Tommaso (tenor) and James Baillieu (piano): Barbican Hall, London, 30.5.2022. (JPr)

Lise Davidsen accompanied by pianist James Baillieu (c) Mark Allan

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