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)
Jim Pritchard
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)
Have A Night to Remember with Strictly’s Aljaž and Janette, their dancers and live band
United Kingdom Aljaž and Janette A Night to Remember: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 20.5.2025. (JPr)
You will find Asmik Grigorian’s tour de force in Paris Opera’s Il trittico hard to forget
France Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live from the Opéra Bastille (directed by Mathilde Jobbé-Duval) on 16.5.2025 and available until 16.6.2025. (JPr)
Barrie Kosky’s minimally staged, flawed Royal Opera Walküre, is great music theatre nonetheless
United Kingdom Wagner, Walküre: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 14.5.2025. (JPr)
A superb cast reimagines Shakespeare in the joyful and absolutely unmissable & Juliet
United Kingdom & Juliet: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 5.5.2025. (JPr)
