ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance

Heidi Stober (Mary)

Mary, Queen of Scots

Alex Otterburn (James) and Heidi Stober (Mary)

Von Nick Boston, 16 Februar 2025

Laden, bitte warten...

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“Stober... utterly nailed the sense of Mary’s doomed attempts to stand alone”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 15 Februar 2025

Musgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots

English National Opera

Joana Carneiro, Musikalische Leitung

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Heidi Stober, Mary, Queen of Scotland

Alex Otterburn, James Stewart, Earl of Moray

Ru Charlesworth, Lord Darnley

John Findon, Earl of Bothwell

Barnaby Rea, David Riccio

Darren Jeffery, Cardinal Beaton

Alastair Miles, Lord Gordon

Ronald Samm, Earl of Ruthven

Jolyon Loy, Earl of Morton

Glass' Echnaton der ENO

David Karlin, 4th March

Phelim McDermott begibt sich in Philip Glass' Altes Ägypten: eine Produktion mit Starauftritt von Anthony Roth Costanzo, die zu sehen und zu hören absolut fesselnd ist.

*****

Stacheldraht und Haferschleim: ENOs Forza del destino

Mark Pullinger, 9th November

Calixto Bieitos neue Produktion von Verdis Die Macht des Schicksals für die Englische Nationalopar ist - für ihn - eine zahme Angelegenheit.

***11

Wagners Meistersinger in Topqualität

David Karlin, 7th February

Die ENO war in der letzten Woche aus den falschen Gründen in den Nachrichten und Richard Jones' Meistersinger von Nürnberg musste dringend eine großartie Produktion werden. Mit einer glänzenden Vorstellung von Iain Paterson ist sie das.

*****

ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

David Karlin, 16th February

Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.

*****

Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO

Dominic Lowe, 6th February

English National Opera's revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular production is a blend of spectacle with some first-class singing, with Lucy Crowe emphasising her Mozartian credentials.

****1

Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO

Mark Valencia, 20th November

Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.