Sensory overload: Costanzo's Glass–Handel at Printworks London

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Karen Kamensek and the English National Opera Orchestra

Von Mark Pullinger, 04 September 2022

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“tweaked and twerked, Glass–Handel arrived... in the grungy, industrial space of Printworks London”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Printworks London, London, am 3 September 2022

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Händel, Flavio, HWV 16: Rompo i lacci, e frango i dardi

Glass, No More, You Petty Spirits (World premiere)

Händel, Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga

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Glass, Fall of the House of Usher: How all living things breathe

Händel, Amadigi, HWV 11: Pena tiranna

Glass, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof

Raf Simons, Kostüme

James Bonas, Regie

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor

English National Opera Orchestra

Karen Kamensek, Musikalische Leitung

Glenn Brown, Live Painting

Jason Singh, Nature Beatboxer/Vocal Sound Designer

Justin Peck, Choreographie

J Bautista, Tanz

Chia-Yu Hsu, Tanz

Jack Thomson, Tanz

Michael Walters, Tanz

Patricia Zhou, Tanz

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*****

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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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***11

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*****

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****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Sensory overload: Anthony Roth Costanzo's Glass–Handel at Printworks London