Undernourished: ENO’s Bohème revival lacks red meat

Nadine Benjamin (Mimì) and Joshua Blue (Rodolfo)

Vuvu Mpofu (Musetta) and ensemble at Café Momus

Joshua Blue (Rodolfo) and Nadine Benjamin (Mimì)

Bohemians Dingle Yandell, Charles Rice, Patrick Alexander Keefe, Joshua Blue, Paul Sheehan (Benoît)

La bohème

Von Dominic Lowe, 28 September 2024

Laden, bitte warten...

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“Miller’s production still has plenty of wood to burn, even if there’s none in the Parisian garret”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 26 September 2024

Puccini, La bohème

English National Opera

Clelia Cafiero, Musikalische Leitung

Sir Jonathan Miller, Regie

Isabella Bywater, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Jean Kalman, Licht

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Crispin Lord, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

Joshua Blue, Rodolfo

Nadine Benjamin, Mimì

Charles Rice, Marcello

Vuvu Mpofu, Musetta

Patrick Alexander Keefe, Schaunard

Dingle Yandell, Colline

Paul Sheehan, Benoît

Andrew Tinkler, Alcindoro

Adam Sullivan, Parpignol

Robert Winslade Anderson, Customs Officer

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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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Undernourished: English National Opera’s Bohème revival lacks red meat