SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE , BROADCASTS AND FILMS
Austria LOVE – 2020 Sommernachtskonzert: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor). 18.9.2020 performance from Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace; directed for TV by Henning Kasten and reviewed when shown on BBC Four. (JPr)
Germany Three Tenors: Voices for Eternity – 30th Anniversary Event: a film (90 mins) from C Major Entertainment and Signed Media Produktion and screened by Cinema Live in the UK and selected places in Europe from 6 October with Australia and New Zealand to follow on 22 October. (JP)
United Kingdom Opera North’s Switch ON: Live from Leeds: Soloists, Suzy Klein (presenter), The Chorus of Opera North, Members of the Opera North Music Staff (David Cowan [Head on Music] and Oliver Rundell [chorus master]), Members of the Opera North Orchestra (Leader, David Greed and Katie New [violins], David Aspin [viola], Daniel Bull [cello], Dan Storer [double bass]). Live-streamed (directed by Peter Maniura) from Leeds Town Hall, 30.9.2020. (JPr)
United Kingdom English National Opera’s ‘Drive & Live’ La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Alexandra Palace, London, 23.9.2020. (JPr)
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Coleridge-Taylor, and Mahler, Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano): Live-streamed (directed by Phil Glenny) from Wigmore Hall, London, 23.9.2020. (JPr)
United Kingdom Beethoven. Doolittle, and Mendelssohn: Carleen Ebbs (soprano), St Paul’s Sinfonia / Andrew Morley (conductor). Stanley Halls, London, 18.9.2020. (MB)
United Kingdom Poulenc, Roussel, Mahler, Bridge, and Chilcott, Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) and Malcolm Martineau (piano): 16.9.2020 performance reviewed as a live stream (directed by Calum Wyllie) from the Wigmore Hall, London. (JPr)
United Kingdom BBC Proms Live – Last Night of the Proms: Golda Schultz (soprano), Nicola Benedetti (violin), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Broadcast live (directed for TV by Matthew Woodward) from the Royal Albert Hall, 12.9.2020. (JPr)
