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Prom 2: Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 14 July 2012
Loewe, My Fair Lady (semi-staged)
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson, Conductor
Anthony Andrews, Professor Henry Higgins
Shaun Kerrison, Director
Annalene Beechey, Eliza Doolittle
Alun Armstrong, Alfred P. Doolittle
James Fleet, Colonel Hugh Pickering
Siân Phillips, Mrs. Higgins
Julian Ovenden, Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Jenny Galloway, Mrs. Pearce
Superlative playing from the John Wilson Orchestra
***11
A sharp, crisp Oklahoma! at the BBC Proms
****1
Prom 38: John Wilson plays Gershwin
****1
Bravura Bernstein with the John Wilson Orchestra
****1
Smooth operation: the Frank Sinatra Prom
***11
Kiss Me, Kate dazzles at the Proms
****1
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