Grief compellingly explored: Die tote Stadt at Longborough

Rachel Nicholls (Marie)

Benson Wilson (Frank) and Peter Auty (Paul)

Rachel Nicholls (Marietta) and Benson Wilson (Fritz/Pierrot)

Alexander Sprague, Lee David Bowen, Luci Briginshaw and Stephanie Windsor-Lewis

Rachel Nicholls (Marietta)

Von David Karlin, 28 Juni 2022

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“Rachel Nicholls was a force of nature, a gale of vivacity blasting into Paul’s slough of despond”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh, am 27 Juni 2022

Korngold, Die Tote Stadt (Semi-staged)

Longborough Festival Opera

Justin Brown, Musikalische Leitung

Carmen Jakobi, Regie

Nate Gibson, Bühnenbild

Ben Ormerod, Licht

Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra

Peter Auty, Paul

Rachel Nicholls, Marietta

Benson Wilson, Frank, Fritz

Luci Briginshaw, Juliette

Stephanie Windsor-Lewis, Brigitta, Lucienne

Lee David Bowen, Graf Albert

Alexander Sprague, Victorin, Gaston

Dorman’s Wahnfried receives its UK premiere at Longborough

Mark Pullinger, 27th May

Longborough Festival Opera, built on Wagnerian foundations, stages the UK premiere of Avner Dorman’s ambitious cautionary tale about the Wagner clan and establishing the composer’s legacy.

***11

An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival

David Karlin, 18th June

Who wouldn't relish the chance of seeing a Ring cycle at close quarters? Longborough's Die Walküre isn't perfect, but it consistently delivers on the story and on character interpretation.

****1

Back to the Bard: Longborough's Fairy Queen

Roy Westbrook, 29th July

Polly Graham's production turns semi-opera into “three-quarters opera”, to good effect.

***11

Don't look back: Longborough's new L'Orfeo

Roy Westbrook, 11th July

Olivia Fuchs directs Monteverdi's early opera in a sparse staging with a consistently fine cast.

***11

Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung

Roy Westbrook, 29th May

Longborough's Ring Cycle reaches completion in the Cotswold's, effectively staged by Amy Lane.

****1

Fearlessly heroic: Siegfried gets the Longborough Ring back on track

Matthew Rye, 30th May

Longborough Festival Opera’s ongoing Ring cycle returns to its fully staged form with a triumphant new Siegfried.

****1

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

The psychology of grief compellingly explored: Die tote Stadt at Longborough Festival