Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers: Scottish Opera's production of the comic operetta. Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers airs on BBC Four HD at 8:00 PM, Sunday 4 February. Scottish Opera's production of the comic operetta
Celebrated soprano Dame Felicity Lott will be one of the judges at the inaugural Ashburnham English Song Awards to be held in the Great Hall, Ashburnham Place, near Battle on Thursday, May 18 at 7pm. Chairman of the judges is international mezzo-soprano Louise Winter, and they will be joined by the baritone Richard Suart and pianist and recitalist Sebastian Wybrew.
The 28th Gilbert & Sullivan Festival opens in Harrogate on Wednesday August 10 for 12 fantastic days of outstanding entertainment based at the Royal Hall.
Puccini’s story of doomed love is burdened by an oppressive set and a new character, but elsewhere his Japanese tragedy is brilliantly performed. Meanwhile Janáček’s farcical landlord is a hoot