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“God save us all from goblins”: a rare outing for Stanford's Travelling Companion

Von John Johnston, 02 Dezember 2018
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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Cadogan Hall, London, am 30 November 2018
Programm
Stanford, The Travelling Companion
Darsteller
New Sussex Opera
Toby Purser, Musikalische Leitung
Paul Higgins, Regie
Isabella Van Braeckel, Bühnenbild
Kate Valentine, The princess
David Horton, John
Julien Van Mellaerts, The travelling companion
Pauls Putnins, The king
Ian Beadle, The wizard
Felix Kemp, The herald
Weitere Oper Kritiken
Paradise reduced: New Sussex Opera's Delius
Matthew Rye, 28th March
Despite a much reduced orchestra and a slightly awkward staging, New Sussex Opera's production of Delius's A Village Romeo and Juliet still gave us the chance to wallow in a glorious late-Romantic score.
***11
Sickly sweet: Ambroise Thomas' Mignon
Charlotte Valori, 24th November
Fine soprano performances from Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson and Victoria Simmonds can't save Ambroise Thomas's inanimate object of a plot. Thank goodness Wagner saved us from more of the same. 
**111
Add a pinch of fairy dust: Weber's Oberon
Charlotte Valori, 25th November
New Sussex Opera's warm-hearted community production of Oberon took on Weber's sprawlingly chaotic final opera - and won. 
***11
Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni
Nick Boston, 12th November
Strong musical performances in a flawed and confused production revived for the autumn season at Glyndebourne. 
***11
Bargain booze and questionable quackery: L'elisir d'amore at the ROH
Dominic Lowe, 22nd September
A triumphant house debut for Nadine Sierra in the latest revival of Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti's joyous village rom-com. 
****1
Buffa or bullying? Don Pasquale on Glyndebourne Tour
Dominic Lowe, 10th October
Not quite as innocent an account of opera buffa as others, but for quality of musicianship, Glyndebourne Tour's revival of Mariame Clément’s production of Donizetti's comedy hits all the right notes.
****1
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Charles Villiers StanfordDavid HortonFelix KempIan BeadleIsabella Van BraeckelJulien Van MellaertsKate ValentineNew Sussex OperaPaul HigginsPauls PutninsToby Purser
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John Johnston
John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.