Magic takes time to sparkle in ENO's Elixir of Love

Rhian Lois (Adina)

Thomas Atkins (Nemorino) and Dan D'Souza (Belcore)

Brandon Cedel (Dulcamara)

Thomas Atkins (Nemorino)

Rhian Lois (Adina)

Thomas Atkins (Nemorino)

Von Eleanor Knight, 16 November 2024

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“for all its showstopping indulgence, the aria proved the perfect balancing point of the opera”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 15 November 2024

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore

English National Opera

Teresa Riveiro Bohm, Musikalische Leitung

Harry Fehr, Regie

Nicky Shaw, Bühnenbild

Zahra Mansouri, Kostüme

Mark Jonathan, Licht

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Rhian Lois, Adina

Thomas Atkins, Nemorino

Dan D'Souza, Belcore

Brandon Cedel, Dulcamara

Segomotso Shupinyaneng, Giannetta

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.

*****

Reality television: ENO’s Angel’s Bone in Manchester

Lawrence Dunn, 12th May

Kip Williams and ENO mount an extraordinary new production of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s multifaceted opera, with performances of great emotional directness broadcast live on camera.

*****

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

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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.

Magic takes time to sparkle in English National Opera's Elixir of Love