Miller's no-frills Mozart is back: Così fan tutte at the Royal Opera House

Por Francesca Vella, 15 abril 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 27 enero 2012

Mozart, Così fan tutte

The Royal Opera

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Sir Colin Davis, Dirección

Sir Jonathan Miller, Dirección de escena

Harry Fehr, Director de reposición

Charles Castronovo, Ferrando

Nikolay Borshev, Guglielmo

Sir Thomas Allen, Don Alfonso

Malin Byström, Fiordiligi

Michèle Losier, Dorabella

Rosemary Joshua, Despina

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David Karlin, 17th March

A revelatory orchestral performance and a cast led by Andreas Schager, Christopher Maltman and Elisabeth Strid make this a Siegfried for the record books.

*****

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Mark Pullinger, 29th January

The second revival of Richard Jones' staging of Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of Boris Godunov once again stars the Welsh knight.

****1

Ermonela Jaho returns in triumph to The Royal Opera’s Traviata

Mark Valencia, 8th January

Richard Eyre’s 32-year-old production is rarely out of The Royal Opera’s repertoire for more than a few months at a time, but this particular revival proves very special.

*****

Turandot drowned in an orchestral tsunami at The Royal Opera

David Karlin, 15th December

Andrei Șerban’s 40 year old take on Puccini's tale of the ice princess largely stands the test of time, but Netrebko and Eyvazov are short of their best form.

***11

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Roy Westbrook, 9th December

Jetske Mijnssen’s house debut sees Handel’s opera transposed to a modern-day palace, with Emily D'Angelo angelic in the title role.

****1

The Royal Opera stages its first Makropulos Case

Mark Valencia, 4th November

Katie Mitchell wheels out her tired old tropes in The Makropulos Case, redeemed by its musical performances.

***11

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Francesca Vella

Francesca is a PhD student at KCL, where she is researching Verdi reception in late nineteenth-century Milan. Besides being interested in cultural history and the history of Italian opera, she loves the classical and romantic piano and chamber music repertoire.