A topical tale: Gilead returns to the Coliseum stage

Von Matthew Rye, 09 April 2022

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“Kate Lindsey – making her ENO debut – gives a career-defining performance as Offred”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 8 April 2022

Ruders, The Handmaid's Tale

English National Opera

Joana Carneiro, Musikalische Leitung

Annilese Miskimmon, Regie

Annemarie Woods, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Paule Constable, Licht

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Akhila Krishnan, Video

Kate Lindsey, Offred

Emma Bell, Aunt Lydia

Robert Hayward, The Commander

Avery Amereau, Serena Joy

Frederick Ballentine, Nick

Rhian Lois, Janine/Ofwarren

Pumeza Matshikiza, Moira

Elin Pritchard, Ofglen

Madeleine Shaw, Rita

Alan Oke, The Doctor

Susan Bickley, Offred's mother

John Findon, Luke

Camille Cottin, Schauspiel

Imogen Knight, Movement director

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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Matthew Rye

Matthew read music at Oxford and worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He wrote numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad. He also wrote for The Wagner Journal and Opera and blogged at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and was the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).