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Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, ENO, 17/2/25

Ainārs Rubiķis, Conductor; Joe Hill-Gibbins, Director; Johannes Schütz, Set Designer; Astrid Klein,Costume Designer; Matthew Richardson, Lighting Designer.Cast: Mary Bevan,Susanna; David Ireland, Figaro; Neal Davies, Dr Bartolo; Rebecca Evans, Marcellina; Hanna Hipp, Cherubino; Hubert Francis, Don Basilio / Don Curzio; Nardus Williams, Countess Almaviva; Cody Quattlebaum, Count Almaviva; Trevor Eliot Bowes, Antonio; Ava Dodd, Barbarina ThisContinue reading “Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, ENO, 17/2/25”

 Puccini, La Rondine, LSO, Pappano, Barbican: 10/12/24

Concert performance – London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano conductor; Carolina López Moreno, Magda; Serena Gamberoni,  Lisette; Michael Fabiano, Ruggero; Paul Appleby, Prunier; Ashley Riches, Rambaldo; Sarah Dufresne, Yvette/Giorgette; Angela Schisano,  Bianca/Gabriele; Marvic Monreal, Suzy/Lolette; London Symphony Chorus Unusually for me, I had made a wrong judgement about seating in booking for this . IContinue reading ” Puccini, La Rondine, LSO, Pappano, Barbican: 10/12/24″

Verdi, Rigoletto. ENO, 21/11/24

Weston Hurt, Rigoletto; Yongzhao Yu, Duke of Mantua;  Robyn Allegra Parton, Gilda; William Thomas, Sparafucile; Amy Holyland, Maddalena; David Kempster, Monterone.   Richard Farnes, Conductor; Jonathan Miller, Director; Elaine Tyler-Hall, Revival Director; Patrick Robertson and Rosemary Vercoe, Designers; Ian Jackson-French, Revival Lighting Designer; Tommy Shaw, Choreographer This is a very famous – and now elderly –Continue reading “Verdi, Rigoletto. ENO, 21/11/24”

Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream. Opera North, Lowry Salford. 13/11/24

James Laing, Oberon; Daisy Brown, Tytania; Camilla Harris, Helena; Siân Griffiths, Hermia; Joel Williams, Lysander; James Newby, Demetrius; Henry Waddington, Bottom; Daniel Abelson, Puck; Nicholas Watts, Flute; Colin Judson, Snout; Dean Robinson, Quince; Andri Björn Róbertsson, Theseus; Molly Barker, Hippolyta.    Garry Walker, Conductor; Matthew Eberhardt, Revival Director; Johan Engels, Set Designer; Ashley Martin-Davis, Costume Designer;Continue reading “Britten: Midsummer Night’s Dream. Opera North, Lowry Salford. 13/11/24”

Beethoven, Fidelio. ROHCG. 16/10/24

Director, Tobias Kratzer; Designer, Rainer Sellmaier; Lighting designer, Michael Bauer; Video designer, Manuel Braun. Conductor, Alexander Soddy. Cast – Leonore, Jennifer Davis; Florestan, Eric Cutler; Rocco, Peter Rose; Marzelline, Christina Gansch; Jaquino, Michael Gibson; Don Pizarro, Jochen Schmeckenbecher; Don Fernando, Phillip Rhodes I saw this production on BBC TV during lockdown – it had beenContinue reading “Beethoven, Fidelio. ROHCG. 16/10/24”

Britten, The Turn of the Screw. ENO London Coliseum, 11/10/24  

Director and Designer – Isabella Bywater; Lighting Designer – Paul Anderson; Ailish Tynan, Governess;  Miss Jessel, Eleanor Dennis; Peter Quint, Robert Murray. Holly Hylton, Flora; Nicolai Flutter, Miles;  Alan Oke, Prologue;  Gweneth Ann Rand, Mrs Grose. Conductor, Duncan Ward. I have only seen one live performance of this work – a production for the BuxtonContinue reading “Britten, The Turn of the Screw. ENO London Coliseum, 11/10/24  “

Welsh National Opera – Puccini, Il Trittico: Cardiff 3/10/24

Cast: Dario Solari, Michele/Gianni Schicchi; Natalya Romaniw – Giorgetta | Sister Angelica; Haegee Lee – Young Lover | Sister Genovieffa | Lauretta;  Trystan Llŷr Griffiths – Young Lover | Rinuccio; Anne Mason – The Princess | Zita; Sioned Gwen Davies – The Abbess & La Ciesca; Mark Le BrocqIl –  Tinca | Gherardo; Wojtek GierlachIlContinue reading “Welsh National Opera – Puccini, Il Trittico: Cardiff 3/10/24”