Tim Albery's new Alcina for Opera North lacks magic in Leeds

Von Mark Valencia, 07 Februar 2022

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“Tim Albery’s new production for Opera North is so flat it feels interminable”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, am 5 Februar 2022

Händel, Alcina

Opera North

Laurence Cummings, Musikalische Leitung

Tim Albery, Regie

Hannah Clark, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Thomas C Hase, Licht

Orchestra of Opera North

Ian Galloway, Video

Máire Flavin, Alcina

Patrick Terry, Ruggiero

Mari Askvik, Bradamante

Fflur Wyn, Morgana

Nick Pritchard, Oronte

Claire Pascoe, Melisso

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.