Hasse's Lucio Papirio Dittatore revived at London Handel Festival

Von David Karlin, 08 April 2013

Laden, bitte warten...

Veranstaltung anzeigen

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London, am 6 April 2013

Hasse, Lucio Papirio Dittatore

Benjamin Williamson, Lucio Papirio, Dictator of Rome

Elisabeth Fleming, Papiria, Lucio's daughter

Calvin Wells, Quinto Fabio, Papiria's husband

Meili Li, Marco Fabio, Quinto's father

Roderick Morris, Rutilia, daughter to Marco Fabio

Catherine Pope, Cominio, Rutilia's lover

Christopher Jacklin, Servilio, Tribune of the people

Ensemble Serse

Fiddling while Carthage burns: Jommelli's La Didone from Ensemble Serse

Charlotte Valori, 5th April

Five hours with five counter tenors: a virtuoso stand-off which impresses, even astounds, but ultimately exhausts even the most dedicated audience by its refusal to cut a single note of what becomes a very long, florid opera by Jommelli.

****1

Handel's Elpidia unearthed by Opera Settecento

Dominic Lowe, 31st March

A pasticcio not seen since 1725, Elpidia contains some excellent music... even if it isn't by Handel!

****1

Cut-and-shut Baroque: Handel's Catone in Utica

Charlotte Valori, 17th March

Metastasio's tale of noble Roman suicide was made into a pasticcio by Handel in 1732: and, after 283 years of silence, returned to the London stage as part of the 2015 London Handel Festival.

***11

OperaUpClose: La Traviata

Charlotte Valori, 31st October

OperaUpClose have set their version of Verdi’s classic in the 1920s, with some beautiful period costumes and a few prettily observed production details It’s a big story on a very small scale.

****1

British Youth Opera takes on a New World in Britten's Paul Bunyan

Jaime Robles, 7th September

Wit is the ruling spirit of British Youth Opera’s delectable production of Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden’s operetta Paul Bunyan, directed by Will Kerley.

***11

Size Zero Opera at Tête à Tête: The Sandman

Paul Kilbey, 9th August

Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival is an amazing opportunity for emerging opera companies and performers, giving valuable time and attention to bold and strange new works.

****1

Weitere Kritiken...

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.