Wheel of Fortune: Carmina burana a safe bet for BRB

Von Mark Pullinger, 20 März 2015

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“Fortuna herself, Samara Downs, mesmeric in her furious opening solo”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 19 März 2015

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Serenade (George Balanchine)

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Philip Ellis, Musikalische Leitung

Paul Murphy, Musikalische Leitung

Elisha Willis, Tanz

Momoko Hirata, Tanz

Céline Gittens, Tanz

Tyrone Singleton, Tanz

César Morales, Tanz

Samara Downs, Tanz

Jenna Roberts, Tanz

Jamie Bond, Tanz

Mathias Dingman, Tanz

Iain Mackay, Tanz

Royal Ballet Sinfonia

William Dazeley, Bariton

Madeleine Pierard, Sopran

Jeremy Budd, Tenor

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Wheel of Fortune: Carmina burana a safe bet for Birmingham Royal Ballet