Entre duelos y dúos: notable Romeo et Juliette en La Coruña

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 01 October 2023

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Reviewed at Teatro Colon, La Coruña on 29 September 2023

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette

Alain Guingal, Conductor

Daniele Piscopo, Director, Lighting Designer

Riccardo Roggiani, Set Designer

Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Coro Gaos

Sofía Esparza, Juliette

Mario Bahg, Roméo

Patricia Illera, Stéphano

Luis López, Frère Laurent

Fernando Latorre, Count Capulet

Francisco Corujo, Tybalt

Irene Zas, Gertrude, Juliette's nurse

Christopher Robertson, Duke of Verona

Gabriel Alonso, Pâris

Borja Quiza, Mercutio

Enrique Alberto Martínez Rivero, Benvolio, nephew of Montaigu

Jacobo Rubianes, Grégorio

Fernando Briones, Choirmaster / chorus director

From Russia with love, recrimination and death

Lorenzo Fiorito, 8th May

A revival of a traditional staging, with great singers and full of dramatic energy

****1

Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden

Dominic Lowe, 13th May

With Aigul Akhmetshina and Seokjong Baek in the title roles, there are reasons to be optimistic, but The Royal Opera’s revival of Richard Jones’ production is a mixed bag.

***11

Reality television: ENO’s Angel’s Bone in Manchester

Lawrence Dunn, 12th May

Kip Williams and ENO mount an extraordinary new production of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s multifaceted opera, with performances of great emotional directness broadcast live on camera.

*****

Sir Thomas Allen’s Figaro for Scottish Opera still entertains

David Smythe, 9th May

A traditional Marriage of Figaro entertains with a strong cast, eye-catching design and lighting, and Amanda Holden’s earthy libretto.

****1

Sasha Cooke brings sharp intelligence to Seattle Opera’s Carmen

Thomas May, 8th May

Sasha Cooke’s thoughtful role debut anchors Paul Curran’s visually and musically alert but dramatically uneven production.

****1

Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging

John Gilks, 7th May

Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century.

***11

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Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro es un apasionado de toda la música clásica, pero muy especialmente de la obra y de la personalidad de Gustav Mahler. Su estudio y su disfrute han llenado y llenan su vida, hasta el punto de que una autoridad como José Luis Pérez de Arteaga lo ha calificado como "fabuloso estudioso mahleriano". Actualmente es coeditor de la principal web en castellano dedicada a dicho compositor (gustav-mahler.es). Profesionalmente, enseña e investiga neuroanatomía animal en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.

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