Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO

Avery Amereau (Serena Joy) and Kate Lindsey (Offred)

Kate Lindsey (Offred) and Eleanor Dennis (Ofglen)

Alan Oke (Doctor) and Kate Lindsey (Offred)

Rachel Nicholls (Aunt Lydia), Rhian Lois (Janine) and the ENO Chorus

Kate Lindsey (Offred), John Findon (Luke) and Elsi McDonald (Daughter)

Von David Karlin, 02 Februar 2024

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 1 Februar 2024

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

Yvonne Gilbert, Klangregie

Kate Lindsey, Offred

John Findon, Luke

Susan Bickley, Offred's mother

Rachel Nicholls, Aunt Lydia

Nadine Benjamin, Moira

Rhian Lois, Janine/Ofwarren

Avery Amereau, Serena Joy

Madeleine Shaw, Rita

James Creswell, The Commander

Zwakele Tshabalala, Nick

Alan Oke, The Doctor

Eleanor Dennis, Ofglen

Juliet Stevenson, Schauspiel

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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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at English National Opera