Bachtrack logo

Performer: Edwin Kaye

Neue Kritikenmehr...

Hands up for Uprising, Jonathan Dove’s vivid new community opera

Uprising at Usher Hall, Edinburgh © Katie Kean

The RSNO adult and youth choruses head a vibrant community of singers in Jonathan Dove’s energetic and moving protest drama. 

****1
Mehr

Jonathan Miller’s Rigoletto, Godfather of opera productions, returns

Weston Hurt (Rigoletto) and David Kempster (Monterone) © Tristram Kenton
Jonathan Miller’s game-changing mafioso setting of Rigoletto returns to the Coliseum, vividly conducted by Richard Farnes. 
***11
Mehr

Tosca’s kiss in Kensington: a superb revival at Opera Holland Park

Amanda Echalaz (Tosca) and Morgan Pearse (Scarpia) © Ali Wright
A 16-year interval sounds more like a resurrection than a first revival, but the return of Stephen Barlow's staging of Tosca is well worth the wait.
****1
Mehr

Obsession at The Grange: The Queen of Spades

Eduard Martynyuk (Herman) and Anush Hovhannisyan (Liza) © Craig Fuller
In a setting that might be The Grange itself, a production which steadily tightens its grip until a blistering finish.
*****
Mehr
Watch Videomehr...

AntwerpDon Giovanni

© Annemie Augustijns
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Francesco Corti; Tom Goossens; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Sammy Van den Heuvel; Sophie Klenk-Wulff; Dennis Diels; Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen