Intérprete: Malcolm Rippeth

Opera North dips a toe into the murky pond of ‘director’s theatre’, but sadly, theirs is a concept from the shallow end that barely wets its ankles. 

Quasiment disparue des mémoires depuis un demi-siècle, l'œuvre hybride du compositeur suisse désarçonne. Mais la direction musicale comme la distribution la servent au mieux – au contraire d'une mise en scène bien plate.

Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast. 

Julia Burbach and her designer, Herbert Murauer, are defeated by the wide canyons of the Coliseum stage in their modern-dress Cinderella. 

A superb orchestral performance from Paul Agnew and The English Concert lights up a breezy and fun staging of Rameau's ballet bouffon.

Diane Paulus' staging is remarkably true to the original while making it feel like the work was written yesterday.