United Kingdom Peter James’s Picture You Dead: Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 22.7.2025. (JPr)
Grace’s return to the stage in Peter James’s Picture You Dead is not that amazing
Jim Pritchard
A blistering, unforgettable Salome from Grigorian, Volle, Pappano and the LSO
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Salome (concert performance): Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 13.7.2025. (JPr)
Eyvazov is a compelling Hermann and Netrebko an expressive Lisa in a Vienna revival of The Queen of Spades
Austria Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Timur Zangiev (conductor). Livestreamed from the Vienna State Opera (directed by Dominik Kepczynski), 27.6.2025. (JPr)
After 50 years and more, Rice and Lloyd Webber’s Joseph is not that ‘Amazing’ any more
United Kingdom Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 18.6.2025. (JPr)
Craig Revel Horwood’s Revelations – Songs Boys Don’t Sing show is entertaining, if slightly idiosyncratic
United Kingdom Craig Revel Horwood: Revelations – Songs Boys Don’t Sing: Craig Revel Horwood and Ben Goddard (piano). Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 14.6.2025. (JPr)
Il trovatore in Vienna: Stoyanova, Beczała, Semenchuk and Salsi are great; if perhaps not Caruso’s ‘best’
Austria Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gettel) from the Vienna State Opera, 30.5.2025. (JPr)
Cultural hedonism gets explored as Tannhäuser returns to Vienna State Opera in a new production
Austria Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dominic Kepczynski) from the Vienna State Opera, 25.5.2025. (JPr)
The pizzazz of An American in Paris redeems Wheeldon revisiting old choreographic friends
United Kingdom Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works – Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 22.5.2025. (JPr)
