| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 1-Dec-2012 The London Coliseum | Jonathan Miller's Mikado returns to English National Opera |
 Jonathan Miller and ENO’s iconic interpretation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado has returned to the London Coliseum this Christmas, to the delight of G&S fans across the capital, including myself. This decadent production of G&S’s most-performed work takes the story out of the oriental town of Titipu and sets it in a grand English hotel during the 1930s, which gives it the scope for some satirical gibes at characters closer to home.Read full review... | |
| 18-Aug-2012 Buxton Opera House | The Grand Duke at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival |
| One hundred and sixteen years ago, on 7 March 1896, Gilbert and Sullivan presented before the London public their final Savoy Opera: The Grand Duke. It may surprise some readers to learn that The Grand Duke has received no professional treatment since this time, save for a single concert performance on 5 April 1975; thus, on Friday 17 August 2012, the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company made history, being the first company to stage the work professionally since its première.
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| 3-Aug-2012 Buxton Opera House | Gilbert and Sullivan's Gondoliers in Buxton |
 Among the fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, it must be acknowledged that there are glimpses of weakness. The Gondoliers maintains one of Gilbert’s typically insane plots, which is best described as ‘topsy-turvy’ until the final scene, when order is restored. Likewise the music is far from Sullivan’s strongest score, but there are moments of inspired vocal writing.
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| 30-Apr-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Bychkov conducts Calleja and Giannattasio in an immaculate Bohème |
 COOPER.jpg) After years of opera going, is it really still possible for me to be moved to tears by a tenor’s wail at the sight of a consumptive heroine dying tunefully in her bed at the end of the last act? I didn’t think so, but on the basis of last night’s Covent Garden performance of La Bohème, the answer would appear to be yes.
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