Lights, camera, distraction: Opera Holland Park stages B-movie Bohème

Opera Holland Park Chorus

Adam Gilbert (Rodolfo), Barnaby Rea (Colline) and Ross Ramgobin (Marcello)

Elizabeth Karani (Musetta) and Henry Grant Kerswell (Alcindoro)

Katie Bird (Mimì) and Adam Gilbert (Rodolfo)

Von Stephen Pritchard, 20 Juli 2023

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“the excellent chorus and children’s choir working their socks off in front of the camera”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Holland Park Theatre, London, am 19 Juli 2023

Puccini, La bohème

Opera Holland Park

George Jackson, Musikalische Leitung

Natascha Metherell, Regie

Madeleine Boyd, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Charlie Morgan Jones, Licht

City of London Sinfonia

Opera Holland Park Chorus

Adam Gilbert, Rodolfo

Katie Bird, Mimì

Ross Ramgobin, Marcello

Elizabeth Karani, Musetta

Harry Thatcher, Schaunard

Barnaby Rea, Colline

Henry Grant Kerswell, Benoît, Alcindoro

Alistair Sutherland, Customs Officer

Bang! Mozart’s volcano erupts in Opera Holland Park’s Così fan tutte

Peter Quantrill, 28th May

Mount Vesuvius looms over Cecilia Stinton’s compelling new production of Così fan tutte.

****1

Opera Holland Park makes a convincing case for La fanciulla del West

Dominic Lowe, 26th May

A thoughtful production from Martin Lloyd-Evans and magnificent playing from Matthew Kofi Walden and the City of London Sinfonia make the case for why Puccini's under-appreciated work is actually so sophisticated.

****1

Born to sing Lucia: Jennifer France shines at Opera Holland Park

Mark Valencia, 18th July

Cecilia Stinton’s new production of Lucia di Lammermoor doesn't necessarily make best use of OHP’s performance space, but the singers excel.

***11

A mafioso Merry Widow at Opera Holland Park

Dominic Lowe, 19th June

Despite some excellent music-making, John Savournin's production is hindered by a laboured New York relocation.

**111

Jonathan Dove’s Itch at Opera Holland Park

David Karlin, 3rd June

Simon Mayo’s Young Adult novels are turned into an operatic romp which explores the fascination of the elements with excellent music and setting, albeit riddled with plot lacunae.

****1

Doomed Dutchman wants a wife: Wagner makes Opera Holland Park debut

Eleanor Knight, 27th May

Amid the rough winds of late May, Julia Burbach directs Opera Holland Park's first venture into Wagner – The Flying Dutchman.

***11

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Stephen Pritchard

Stephen Pritchard began singing as a treble at the age of eight and progressed to become a tenor in Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, the Gibbons Consort and now the English Chamber Choir. Writing about music has been at the core of his 40-year career in journalism, chiefly at the Observer. He has been known to play a pretty mean jazz double bass.