Venice - six scenes, ten young singers.

Von Katy S. Austin, 20 Juli 2011

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, am 17 Juli 2011

Rossini, Il signor Bruschino (Scenes 4 - 6)

Rossini, Bianca e Falliero (Scenes 9 - 10)

Rossini, Otello (Scenes 12 - 17)

Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia (Scenes 4 - 6)

Britten, Der Tod in Venedig (Opening of Act II)

Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmanns Erzählungen) (Act II extract)

Rodula Gaitanou, Regie

Paul Wynne Griffiths, Musikalische Leitung

Volker Krafft, Musikalische Leitung

Geoffrey Paterson, Musikalische Leitung

Anna Devin, Sopran

Elisabeth Meister, Sopran

Madeleine Pierard, Sopran

Kai Rüütel-Pajula, Mezzosopran

Steven Ebel, Tenor

Ji Hyun Kim, Tenor

Daniel Grice, Bariton

Zhengzhong Zhou, Bariton

Dawid Kimberg, Bariton

Lukas Jakobski, Bass

Jean-Paul Pruna, Keyboard

Strauss à la Fellini: Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera North

Richard Wilcocks, 18th February

Rodula Gaitanou sets Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's comedy in the Cinecittà film studios of the 1950s.

****1

Picture perfect: a fine triple bill from the Guildhall School

Dominic Lowe, 11th November

Massenet, Smyth and Rota are unlikely bedfellows, but in the Guildhall School's Autumn production, a one-act opera by each contributed to a most convincing triple bill, all set around the La Scala Picturehouse in the 1920s.

****1

Edward Gardner conducts a sharp La clemenza di Tito live from Bergen

Mark Valencia, 15th March

Mary Miller bows out after ten years at the helm of Bergen National Opera with a defiant account of Mozart’s final opera.

****1

Man of La Mancha: Don Quichotte at Wexford

Mark Pullinger, 22nd October

A terrific opening to the 68th festival with Aigul Akhmetshina's sultry Dulcinée the standout in a great cast.

****1

Un ballo in maschera showcases Opera Holland Park at its best

Mark Valencia, 8th June

Gaitanou’s direction of the singers is so exact that it becomes impossible to separate them from their characters.

*****

Bloody and marvellous Wexford double bill by Leoni and Giordano

Andrew Larkin, 19th October

A terrifically strong cast gives a fine rendition of two lesser heard operas: Giordano's Mala vita Leoni's L'oracolo.

****1

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Katy S. Austin

Katy sings soprano, plays violin, cycles about and listens to music. She's a graduate of both Bristol and City Universities and has been known to write libretti.