| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 6-Apr-2013 Theatre Royal | Dutchman flies into north-east Scotland | David Smythe |
 In Harry Fehr’s much-anticipated new production of The Flying Dutchman for Scottish Opera, the setting is in Scotland – as Wagner had originally intended before a last-minute switch to Norway during rehearsals for the first production in 1843. Fehr also brings the setting to the north-east of Scotland in the 1970s, a time when Scotland was getting to grips with North Sea oil, and indeed, a silhouette of an oil rig emerging out of a bluish fog is depicted on the front stage gauze.Read full review... | ||
| 21-Nov-2011 Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall | An enterprising evening with the OAE | Tom Hancox |
 Those happy to brand the British Isles as the "land without music" for the time between Purcell and Britten might have cause to rethink if they audited the vintage of London of the late 1760s. Johann Christian Bach, the youngest of Johann Sebastian's sons, moved to England in 1765, helped along by the expatriated Carl Friedrich Abel, with whom he shared a house on Meard Street in Soho. After Bach's arrival, the pair embarked upon 'The Bach-Abel Concert Series', which lasted over twenty-five years, and established them both as major figures on the London scene.Read full review... | ||
