Poppea: blending the beautiful with the cynical

Por Richard Wilcocks, 05 octubre 2014

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Crítica hecha desde Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds el 4 octubre 2014

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308

Opera North

Laurence Cummings, Dirección

Tim Albery, Dirección de escena

Hannah Clark, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Emilie Renard, Amore

Katherine Manley, Drusilla

Claire Pascoe, La Virtù

Sandra Piques Eddy, Poppea

Ciara Hendrick, Valletto

James Laing, Nerone

Catherine Hopper, Ottavia

Fiona Kimm, Arnalta

Nicholas Sharratt, Lucano

Daniel Norman, Liberto

James Creswell, Seneca

Christopher Ainslie, Ottone

Owen Willetts, Contratenor

Warren Gillespie, Tenor

Dominic Barberi, Bajo-barítono

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Benjamin Britten’s dark masterpiece Peter Grimes returns triumphantly to Opera North, conducted by Gary Walker and revived by Karolina Sofulak and Tim Claydon.

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To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton Festival

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After 45 years, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet returns to Buxton in a gripping, psychological staging by Jack Furness.

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Opera North’s “fleeing” Dutchman links to plight of asylum seekers

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Opera North’s The Flying Dutchman, directed by Annabel Arden, conjures up frightening storms and links the production to the plight of asylum seekers.

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Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

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Conducted by Christoph Konz and directed by James Brining, Opera North’s revival of The Magic Flute remains an inventive reinterpretation of Mozart’s classic opera.

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Opera North's revives its Cavalleria rusticana production by Karolina Sofulak, pairing it this time with Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko.

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Richard Wilcocks

Richard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.

Opera North blends the beautiful with the cynical in The Coronation of Poppea