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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Cover Her / Scenes from Under Milk Wood reviews – music for an unsettlingly vivid torture scene by Erica Jeal

★★ ★ ☆ ☆ / ★★★☆☆ Metronome / Rich Mix, London New works at Spitalfields music festival by Litha Efthymiou and Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade brought a 3rd-century teenage martyr …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AM
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

The Light in the Piazza review – Fleming shines over feelgood musical by Erica Jeal

Royal Festival Hall, London Full of lazy, hazy nostalgia for classic romantic encounters in Italy, this picturesque show is rescued from cliche by Renée Fleming’s soaring star quality ‘…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Effigies of Wickedness review – Nazis' 'degenerate' songs pack a powerful punch by Erica Jeal

Gate theatre, LondonThe subversive, hard-hitting - and funny - music by composers banned by the Nazis is the real star of this charming cabaret showWhat on Earth to expect from Effigies of W…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM
Thursday, June 1, 2017

Flux: New Music, New Dance CD review – the best new ballet from Rambert by Erica Jeal

Rambert Orchestra/Hoskins/Fidelio Trio/Onyx Brass/Thom/Zaccardelli/Quinta(NMC)The days of new ballet scores transferring quickly to the concert hall are long gone, but Rambert has been so go…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM
Friday, July 26, 2013

Prom 17: BBC Philharmonic/Mena – review by Erica Jeal

Royal Albert Hall, LondonWhy are there not more dance proms? The Albert Hall stage may be cramped, but tell that to the Antonio Márquez Company, who took it over for the second half of this…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM

Prom 17: BBC Philharmonic/Mena – review by Erica Jeal

Royal Albert Hall, LondonWhy are there not more dance proms? The Albert Hall stage may be cramped, but tell that to the Antonio Márquez Company, who took it over for the second half of this…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Written on Skin – review by Erica Jeal

Royal Opera House, LondonEven the greatest opera composers tend to have a few early attempts that get swept under the carpet. George Benjamin, however, seems to have come to opera with his g…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PM