New world created in old music hall: Paul Bunyan at Wilton's

Von Roy Westbrook, 04 September 2018

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“Elgan Llŷr Thomas was a charismatic Johnny Inkslinger”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wilton's Music Hall, London, am 3 September 2018

Britten, Paul Bunyan

English National Opera

Matthew Kofi Waldren, Musikalische Leitung

Jamie Manton, Regie

Camilla Clarke, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Johnny Inkslinger

Rowan Pierce, Tiny

William Morgan, Hot Biscuit Slim

Graeme Lauren, Sam Sharkey

Trevor Bowes, Ben Benny

Andrew Tinkler, Cross Crosshaulson

Paul Sheehan, Jen Jenson

Geraint Hylton, Pete Peterson

Adam Sullivan, Andy Anderson

Claire Pendleton, Fido

Ella Kirkpatrick, Moppet

Lydia Marchione, Poppet

David Newman, Western Union Boy

Robert Winslade Anderson, John Shears

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.