Jonathan Miller’s Rigoletto, Godfather of opera productions, returns

Weston Hurt (Rigoletto) and David Kempster (Monterone)

Amy Holyland (Maddalena) and Yongzhao Yu (Duke of Mantua)

Weston Hurt (Rigoletto) and Robyn Allegra Parton (Gilda)

Yongzhao Yu (Duke of Mantua)

Yongzhao Yu (Duke), Joanne Appleby (Countess Ceprano) and ENO Chorus

Von Mark Valencia, 31 Oktober 2024

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“Weston Hurt impressed in the title role with his detailed exploration of the biter bitten”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 30 Oktober 2024

Verdi, Rigoletto

English National Opera

Richard Farnes, Musikalische Leitung

Sir Jonathan Miller, Regie

Patrick Robertson, Bühnenbild

Rosemary Vercoe, Kostüme

Robert Bryan, Licht

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Elaine Tyler-Hall, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

Weston Hurt, Rigoletto

Robyn Allegra Parton, Gilda

Yongzhao Yu, The Duke of Mantua

William Thomas, Sparafucile

Amy Holyland, Maddalena

David Kempster, Monterone

Patrick Alexander Keefe, Marullo

Edwin Kaye, Count Ceprano

Joanne Appleby, Countess Ceprano

Sarah-Jane Lewis, Giovanna

Thomas Elwin, Borsa

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

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Jonathan Miller’s Rigoletto, Godfather of opera productions, returns to ENO