Eugene Onegin with English Touring Opera

Von Capriccio, 11 März 2012

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Hackney Empire, London, am 9 März 2012

Tschaikowsky, Eugen Onegin

English Touring Opera

Nicholas Lester, Eugene Onegin

Sarah-Jane Davies, Tatyana

Jaewoo Kim, Lensky

Niamh Kelly, Olga

Stephen Holloway, Prince Gremin

Frances McCafferty, Filippyevna

Cozmin Sime, Zaretsky

Maciek O'Shea, Zaretsky

Andrew Glover, Monsieur Triquet

Harriet Williams, Madame Larina

Michael Rosewell, Musikalische Leitung

James Conway, Regie

English Touring Opera transfers Donizetti to the English coast

Dominic Lowe, 27th September

L'elisir d'amore may not immediately bring Skegness or Romney to mind, but ETO's new production works quite well there... just look out for the seagulls!

***11

Blissful and hard-boiled: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at ETO

David Karlin, 22nd February

Eloise Lally shifts the Romeo and Juliet love story into New York mafia families. Jessica Cale and Samantha Price provide blissful bel canto as the star-crossed lovers.

****1

A tender Shakespeare-inspired curio from English Touring Opera

Susannah Moody, 15th February

ETO kicks off its spring season with What Dreams May Come, a strange and moving staging of songs inspired by William Shakespeare.

***11

Theatrically poverty-stricken: ETO's Blond Eckbert

Mark Valencia, 18th October

Judith Weir's cryptic folk opera lacks the narrative propulsion necessary to enthral an audience, and without resolution there is no catharsis.

**111

ETO's The Snowmaiden melts the heart and gladdens the ears

Dominic Lowe, 28th September

Olivia Fuchs' production of Rimsky-Korsakov's charming fable for ETO begins its tour in Hackney and is worth travelling to see. Catch this thoughtful production in a town near you.

****1

ETO opens spring tour with an off-the-wall Manon Lescaut

Mark Valencia, 24th February

Jude Christian's indulgent reinvention of Puccini's opera does not serve English Touring Opera well as it embarks on its spring tour.

**111

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Capriccio

Capriccio is a musician and writer living in London. He has a particular interest in opera and music of the twentieth century and enjoys exploring the obscurer recesses of the repertoire. He blogs here.