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...Robert Hayward’s Amfortas was sturdy, committed, but vocally wobbly. Most notable among the flowermaidens was the fine soprano of Elin Pritchard....
...Evgeny Nikitin was a sturdy but rather faceless Wotan, Robert Hayward surely too noble-sounding as Alberich (he also sings Wotan)....
...Robert Oppenheimer, the “Doctor Atomic” of the title, and the strong cast includes Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt and Samuel Sakker. Adams himself conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra....
...Brindley Sherratt was an ominous presence as the scientist Edward Teller, and there was strong support from Andrew Staples’ twitchy Robert Wilson and Aubrey Allicock’s weight-watching General Leslie Groves...
...Two soloists — the authoritative Alice Coote and sombre Brindley Sherratt — were excellent....
...The media and telecoms regulator has also appointed Dame Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, who joins the board in September....
...Sarah Tynan’s Zerlina and Robert Murray’s Don Ottavio uphold vocal standards, but Katherine Broderick’s Donna Anna sounded hard pressed and Sarah Redgwick caused momentary panic down in the pit when she...
...There are strong performances from everybody in the supporting cast, including Brindley Sherratt as Edward Teller, Jonathan Veira as General Groves, Thomas Glenn as Robert Wilson and Meredith Arwady as Pasqualita...
...Understatement is thus the prime virtue of James Robert Carson’s revival – not least in Gwynne Geyer’s doughty Lady Billows and the charming comedy of the coronation scene....
...Robert Fiddaman, for services to agriculture. Robert Ford, chairman, Ford Component Manufacturing, and chairman, South Tyneside Enterprise Partnership....
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