United Kingdom International Piano Series 2016/17 – Yuja Wang: Royal Festival Hall, London. 11.4.2017. (JPr)
Yuja Wang Relishes her Encores During her Festival Hall Solo Recital Debut
Jim Pritchard
Midsummer Opera’s Valiant Efforts to Make Something of La Gioconda
United Kingdom Ponchielli, La Gioconda (semi-staged performance): Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Midsummer Opera / David Roblou (conductor). St John’s Church, Waterloo, London, 9.4.2017. (JPr)
An Excellent Pairing of Berg and Mahler by Noseda and the LSO
United Kingdom Berg and Mahler: Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London. 6.4.2017. (JPr)
42nd Street Brings the Hip Hooray and Ballyhoo of Broadway to Drury Lane
United Kingdom Harry Warren and Al Dubin’s 42nd Street: Company of 42nd Street, Jae Alexander (musical director). Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. 5.4.2017. (JPr)
Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic on Distinguished Form at the Barbican
United Kingdom Bartók and Mahler: Christina Landshamer (soprano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 31.3.2017. (JPr)
The Royal Opera’s sublime Madama Butterfly finds Pappano at his very best
United Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Directed for the screen by Matthew Woodward and broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 30.3.2017. (JPr)
Young English National Ballet Talent Impresses in Bausch, Forsythe and van Manen Choreography
United Kingdom Various composers, English National Ballet – Bausch/Forsythe/Van Manen: Dancers of English National Ballet, Olga Khoziainova (piano), English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 23.3.2017. (JPr)
Stephen Gould and Petra Lang Transcend the Routine in McVicar’s Vienna Tristan
Austria Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Mikko Franck (conductor), Vienna, Austria, 15.3.2017. (JPr)
