English Concert, Erin Helyard Conductor; Olivia Fuchs Director; Eleanor Bull Designer; Ben Pickersgill Lighting Designer. Tim Morgan Amadigi; Rowan Pierce, Oriana; Hilary Cronin, Melissa; James Hall ,Dardano I saw this in concert form a couple of years ago at St Martins in the Fields in London, but have never been to a staged performance. IContinue reading “Handel, Amadigi di Gaula: Buxton Festival, 12/7/26”
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Wagner, Tristan and Isolde. LSO, Pappano, Barbican 1/7/26
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano conductor; Clay Hilley Tristan; Sara Jakubiak Isolde; Marina Prudenskaya Brangaene; Franz-Josef Selig King Marke; Gyula Orendt Kurwenall Neal Cooper Melot; Michael Gibson Sailor/Shepherd; James Emerson Steersman; London Symphony Chorus I got myself in a ridiculous situation over this concert. I bought the ticket over a year ago and hadContinue reading “Wagner, Tristan and Isolde. LSO, Pappano, Barbican 1/7/26”
Bellini, I Puritani: ROHCG Friends Dress Rehearsal, 27/6/26
Director, Richard Jones; Set Designer, Hyemi Shin; Costume Designer, Nicky Gillibrand; Lighting Designer, Adam Silverman; Movement Director, Sarah Fahie; Video Designer, Sasha Balmazi-Owen. Conductor, Riccardo Frizza; Lord Arturo Talbot, Francesco Demuro; Elvira, Lisette Oropesa; Sir Giorgio Valton, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo; Sir Riccardo Forth, Andrzej Filończyk; Enrichetta di Francia, Marcela Rahal; Lord Gualtiero Valton, Blaise Malaba; SirContinue reading “Bellini, I Puritani: ROHCG Friends Dress Rehearsal, 27/6/26”
Handel, Serse (concert performance). Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican 19/6/26
Academy of Ancient Music , Laurence Cummings director & harpsichord; Paula Murrihy, Serse; Louise Alder, Romilda; Rachel Redmond, Atalanta; Rebecca Leggett, Arsamene; Claudia Huckle, Amastre; Luca Tittoto, Ariodate; Thomas Chenhall, Elviro I am pretty sure I saw Xerxes at ENO at some point in the last 20 years, maybe at the last ENO revival inContinue reading “Handel, Serse (concert performance). Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican 19/6/26”
Puccini, La Fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park, 10/6/26
Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director; Matthew Kofi Waldren, Conductor; Anna Reid, Designer; Jamie Platt, Lighting Designer. Amanda Echalaz, Minnie; Robert Hayward, Jack Rance; Josè de Eça, Dick; Zwakele Tshabalala, Nick; Alaric Green, Ashby; Aidan Edwards; Sonora; Jamie Formoy, Trin This is a work which has always been a favourite of mine but which I have only seenContinue reading “Puccini, La Fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park, 10/6/26”
Wagner, Götterdämmerung extracts; LSO, Barbican, 24/5/26
Wagner Siegfried Idyll; Wagner Excerpts from Götterdämmerung. London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle conductor. Anja Kampe Brünnhilde. Elizabeth DeShong Waltraute This concert was organised in probably the best way to arrange these ‘bleeding chunks’. Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Jourmey, plus Waltraute’s narration in the first half; Sigfried’s Idyll, leading to the Funeral March and theContinue reading “Wagner, Götterdämmerung extracts; LSO, Barbican, 24/5/26”
Du Yun, Angel’s Bone. ENO Manchester, Aviva Studios, pm 16/5/26
Kip Williams, Director; Marg Horwell, Designer, Allison Cook, Mrs X E; Rodney Earl Clarke, Mr X E; Matthew McKinney and Mariam Wallentin, Angels; Kantos Chamber Choir; BBC Philharmonic; conductor Baldur Brönniman This production is the UK premiere of this opera, by the Chinese-American composer Du Yun and Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek, staged by Kip Williams,Continue reading “Du Yun, Angel’s Bone. ENO Manchester, Aviva Studios, pm 16/5/26”
Britten, Peter Grimes. ROHCG, 12/5/26
Conductor, Jakub Hrůša. Peter Grimes, Allan Clayton; Ellen Orford, Maria Bengtsson; Captain Balstrode; Bryn Terfel, Swallow, Clive Bayley; Ned Keene, Jacques Imbrailo; Auntie, Catherine Wyn-Rogers; Mrs Sedley, Christine Rice; Bob Boles, John Graham-Hall; Hobson, Barnaby Rea; Rev. Horace Adams; James Gilchrist; First Niece; Jennifer France; Second Niece, Natalia Labourdette. Director, Deborah Warner; Set designer, MichaelContinue reading “Britten, Peter Grimes. ROHCG, 12/5/26”
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Met Opera live screening, Sheffield Curzon Cinema, 2/5/26
Conductor, Timur ZangIniev; Asmik Gregorian, Tatiana; Maria Barakova, Olga; Iurii Samoilov, Eugene Onegin; Larissa Diadakova, Filippyevna; Stanislas De Barbeyrac, Lenski; Prince Gremin, Alexander Tsymbalyuk. Production, Deborah Warner, Set Designer, Tom Pye; Costume Designer; Chloe Obolensky; Lighting Designer, Jean Kalman I really haven’t seen many productions of this work – I remember the Peter Hall oneContinue reading “Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Met Opera live screening, Sheffield Curzon Cinema, 2/5/26”
Wozzeck, Berg: LPO, Gardner, Royal Festival Hall, 25/4/26
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner conductor; Stéphane Degout, Wozzeck; Annette Dasch, Marie; Peter Hoare, Captain; Brindley Sherrat, Doctor; Christopher Ventris, Drum Major; Eirik Grøtvedt, Andres; Kitty Whately, Margret; Adrian Thompson, The Fool. London Voices Comments come to mind about London buses…. but I booked this a year ago, long before I knew about the ViennaContinue reading “Wozzeck, Berg: LPO, Gardner, Royal Festival Hall, 25/4/26”
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