ENO brings It's a Wonderful Life to the operatic stage

Jennifer France (Mary Hatch Bailey) and Frederick Ballentine (George Bailey)

Danielle de Niese (Clara)

Danielle de Niese (Clara) and the children's ensemble

Donovan Singletary (Harry)

Von Matthew Rye, 26 November 2022

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“Frederick Ballentine ... a sympathetic and multi-faceted George”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 25 November 2022

Heggie, It's a Wonderful Life

English National Opera

Nicole Paiement, Musikalische Leitung

Aletta Collins, Regie, Choreographie

Giles Cadle, Bühnenbild

Gabrielle Dalton, Kostüme

Andreas Fuchs, Licht

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Danielle de Niese, Clara

Frederick Ballentine, George Bailey

Jennifer France, Mary Hatch Bailey

Michael Mayes, Mr Potter

Ronald Samm, Uncle Billy

Gweneth-Ann Rand, Mother Bailey

Keri Fuge, Soprano Winged Angel

Zwakele Tshabalala, Tenor Winged Angel

Ossian Huskinson, Bass Winged Angel

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

Weitere Kritiken...

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).

Life is (too) sweet: ENO brings It's a Wonderful Life to the operatic stage