Rob Ashford Offers a New Spin on Carousel
Rodgers & Hammerstein, Carousel: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, David Chase (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL, 24.4.2015 (DP) Cast: Carrie Pipperidge: Jenn Gambatese Julie Jordan:...
View ArticleA Peerless Cast for The Music Man
Meredith Willson, The Music Man: Soloists, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, John Morris Russell (conductor). Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH. 1.5.2015 (RDA) Soloists: Ben Biggers, Eric Bucholz, Will Chase, Trent...
View ArticleRichard Eyre’s Traviata Celebrates 21st Birthday
Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 18.5.2015. (JPr) Cast: Violetta Valéry: Marina Rebeka...
View ArticleJust Jim Dale
Just Jim Dale: Jim Dale accompanied by Mark York (piano). Vaudeville Theatre, London, 28.5.15. (JPr) Creatives: Richard Maltby Jr – Director Aaron Gandy – Musical Director, Musical Arrangements,...
View ArticleTerfel Heads the Cast of Grange Park Opera’s Fiddler on the Roof
Bock, Harnick, Stein, Fiddler on the Roof: Soloists and Chorus of Grange Park Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra / David Charles Abell. (conductor), The Grange, Bishop’s Sutton. Alresford, Hampshire,...
View ArticleEntertaining and Colourful Account of Phineas Taylor Barnum’s Life
Cy Coleman & Michael Stewart: Barnum: The Lowry, Salford Quays, Salford, 4,8.2015. (MC) ‘The Cameron Mackintosh/Chichester Festival Theatre Production’ in a revised version by Cameron...
View ArticleElementary, My Dear Prommers! Sherlock Holmes Celebrated at the BBC Proms
Prom 41: Sherlock Holmes a Musical Mind: Mark Sweet and Mark Gatiss (presenters), Jack Liebeck (violin), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Stile Antico, BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth...
View ArticleRefreshing New Approach to the Orpheus Myth from Versatile Little Bulb Theatre
Deloitte Ignite Festival 2015 – Django Reinhart: Orpheus: Little Bulb Theatre / Dominic Conway (music director), Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, London, 16.9.2015. (JPr) Performers: Clare Beresford...
View ArticleWNO’s Gruesome Sweeney Todd Brings Madness to the Musical Theatre
Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – A Musical Thriller: Soloists and Orchestras of Welsh National Opera/James Southall (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre),...
View ArticleOpera North Do Cole Porter Proud with a Spectacular Kiss Me, Kate
Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / David Charles Abel (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 13.11.2015. (RJF) Porter, Kiss Me, Kate Cast: Fred...
View ArticleA Pared Down Guys & Dolls Brings Runyon’s 1930’s New York to Life
Loesser, Guys & Dolls: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 4.12.2015-20.12.2015. (JRo) Loesser, Guys & Dolls Cast: Sky...
View ArticleAnother Captivating Street Scene from a Different RNCM Cast
Weill, Street Scene: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of RNCM Opera / Clarke Rundell (conductor), Harish Shankar (assistant conductor), RNCM Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester,...
View ArticlePolitical Incorrectness Unleashed at Blackpool
Mel Brooks, The Producers: Blackpool Operatic Players, Grand Theatre, Blackpool. 13.4.2016. (MC) Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan – Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks – Original direction and...
View ArticleAn Enchanted Evening with the Music of Richard Rogers
Richard Rodgers, Some Enchanted Evening: Lesley Garrett, Ruthie Henshall, Michael Xavier & Gary Wilmot (vocalists), ArtsEd Ensemble, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Kevan Allen...
View ArticleWorld Première of Nick Powell’s Cold Calling: The Arctic Project Blows Hot...
Nick Powell, Cold Calling: The Arctic Project (a musical-theatre experience created and composed by Nick Powell, written and directed by Anthony Neilson): City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra /...
View ArticleClare Teal and her Mini Big Band Demonstrate the Pleasures of Live Performance
Various composers, Clare Teal with her Mini Big Band: St. John’s Smith Square, London, 19.11.2017. (TStJP) Song list: ‘I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight’, ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’, ‘Dream A Little Dream Of...
View ArticleHigh Order Contemporary Jazz from Hekselman and his Quartet
Gilad Hekselman Quartet: Gilad Hekselman (guitar), Mark Turner (tenor sax), Rick Rosato (double-bass), Jonathan Pinson (drums); Richard Burton Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff....
View ArticleThe Global Phenomenon Notre Dame de Paris Makes a Captivating Return to London
Notre Dame de Paris (Richard Cocciante [music] and Luc Plamondon [lyrics]): Singers, Dancers, Musicians, Acrobats and Break Dancers of the Notre Dame de Paris Company, English National Opera Orchestra...
View ArticleA Superb Production of Sweeney Todd in Belfast
Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Cast, Chorus and Band of Northern Ireland Opera and Lyric Theatre / Sinead Hayes (Conductor), Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 6.2.2019. (RB) Production: Director – Walter Sutcliffe Set...
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