Sunday, 11 August 2019

Review of National Children's Orchestra with Jess Gillam and Jonathan Bloxham, Bridgewater Hall

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To tackle a programme including Mahler’s First Symphony after one week’s acquaintance together would be a tall order for any professiona...
Monday, 29 July 2019

Review of Don Giovanni at Clonter Opera

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Clonter Opera is 45 years old – what began as a kind of summer party for enthusiasts sitting on bales of straw in a barn has become a nort...
Saturday, 13 July 2019

Review of Georgiana at Buxton International Festival

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While Manchester International Festival prides itself on its biennial ‘new work’ (sometimes less than complete, less than new or less than...
Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Review of Orpheus in the Underworld at Buxton International Festival

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Seen in Salford on tour in 2015, Jeff Clarke’s reinterpretation of Offenbach’s operetta for Opera della Luna has been revamped for the Buxto...
Monday, 8 July 2019

Review of Eugene Onegin at Buxton International Festival

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Shelley Jackson (Tatyana) and George Humphreys (Onegin) in Eugene Onegin  at Buxton International Festival (picture: Genevieve Girling)...
Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Buxton Festival's revival of the opera pasticcio

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Buxton Festival is 40 years old this year, and offering the mix of contrasting operatic experience it has so often in the past. There’s...
Saturday, 29 June 2019

Review of Luke Jones, RNCM Symphony Orchestra, Elim Chan and Jack Sheen, Bridgewater Hall

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The Royal Northern College of Music’s end-of-year symphony concert is a special occasion. This year we heard a solo pianist surely destine...