The Royal Opera's revival of Phyllida Lloyd's production is marked by two outstanding Verdian singers and a superb rendering of the score from Pappano and the ROH Orchestra.
2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-03-26UTC08:50:46+00:002018-03-25The Royal Opera's revival of Phyllida Lloyd's production is marked by two outstanding Verdian singers and a superb rendering of the score from Pappano and the ROH Orchestra.Netrebko and Lučić in Macbeth: a Covent Garden masterclass in operatic villainyen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-macbeth-netrebko-lucic-eyvasov-pappano-royal-opera-march-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Karlinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/files/40449-david-karlin.jpgDavid 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.https://bachtrack.com/files/79459-macbeth-0172---eljko-lu-ii-c-as-macbeth-and-anna-netrebko-as-lady-macbeth-c--roh--photo-by-bill-cooper-resized.jpg510340Željko Lučić (Macbeth) and Anna Netrebko (Lady Macbeth)ROH | Bill Cooper2018-Mar-25, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Macbethhttps://bachtrack.com/listing-royal-opera-verdi-macbeth-netrebko-lucic-eyvasov-march-20182018-03-252018-04-10Royal Opera House, Covent GardenLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC2E 9DDBow Street,
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2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-01-11UTC10:09:54+00:002018-01-11A series of ill-advised staging choices leads to a disappointingly drab performance of Monteverdi's Homeric epic.Monteverdi on a doughnut: A drab Return of Ulysses fails to thrill the Roundhouseen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-monteverdi-ulysses-fulljames-royal-opera-roundhouse-january-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Karlinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/files/40449-david-karlin.jpgDavid 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.https://bachtrack.com/files/74024-sc1-2539-the-return-of-ulysses-production-image--c--roh---roundhouse--photo-by-stephen-cummiskey-resized.jpg510340The Return of UlyssesROH & Roundhouse | Stephen Cummiskey2018-Jan-10, The Roundhouse: The Return of Ulysseshttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/the-roundhouse/the-return-of-ulysses/10-january-2018/19-302018-01-102018-01-19The RoundhouseLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomNW1 8EHChalk Farm Road51.5436047571131-0.152431011592853http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-return-of-ulysses-by-john-fulljames?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/57341-royal-opera-house-logo.jpg2
The father-daughter exchanges between Dmitri Platanias's jester and Sofia Fomina's Gilda prove the highlights of an evening which doesn't always catch fire.
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-12-15UTC11:38:47+00:002017-12-15The father-daughter exchanges between Dmitri Platanias's jester and Sofia Fomina's Gilda prove the highlights of an evening which doesn't always catch fire.Dimitri Platanias stands out in a mixed Covent Garden Rigolettoen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-rigoletto-royal-opera-dimitri-platanias-sofia-fomina-december-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Karlinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/files/40449-david-karlin.jpgDavid 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.https://bachtrack.com/files/73166-dimitiri-platanias-as-rigoletto--c--roh--photo-by-mark-douet-50a3842.jpg510340Dimitri Platanias (Rigoletto)ROH | Mark Douet2017-Dec-14, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Rigolettohttps://bachtrack.com/listing-rigoletto-royal-opera-dimitri-platanias-sofia-fomina-december-20172017-12-142018-01-16Royal Opera House, Covent GardenLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC2E 9DDBow Street,
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Paring the action down to just four singers, La Tragédie de Carmen is the perfect vehicle and venue for a handful of the Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists to strut their stuff.
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-11-05UTC13:37:33+00:002017-11-05Paring the action down to just four singers, La Tragédie de Carmen is the perfect vehicle and venue for a handful of the Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists to strut their stuff.Tragedy undermined: Peter Brook's La Tragédie de Carmen at Wilton's Music Hallen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-tragedie-carmen-jones-akhmetshina-atkins-jpya-royal-opera-wiltons-november-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMark Pullingerhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/files/218-1097_4423_markpullinger.jpgMark is one of Bachtrack’s editors and Chair of the Music Section of The Critics' Circle. An experienced opera critic, with a passion for Verdi, he can often be found propping up a standing place at the ROH. He also reviews concerts and dance, with a particular love for Russian and French repertoire. Mark contributes to Gramophone and Opera magazines and blogs at Beckmesser's Quill. https://bachtrack.com/files/70752-aigul-akhmetshina-as-carmen--roh--photo-by-clive-barda--4--resized.jpg510340Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen)Clive Barda2017-Nov-03, Wilton's Music Hall: La Tragédie de Carmenhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wiltons-music-hall/la-tragedie-de-carmen/03-november-2017/19-302017-11-032017-11-14Wilton's Music HallLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomE1 8JBGraces Alley51.5106118-0.0669643http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-tragedie-de-carmen-by-gerard-jones?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/57341-royal-opera-house-logo.jpg2
Has Health and Safety finally caught up with the Spanish Inquisition? A flameless auto-da-fé and some low-key individual performances meant this revival took time to hit its stride.
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-05-13UTC13:21:45+00:002017-05-13Has Health and Safety finally caught up with the Spanish Inquisition? A flameless auto-da-fé and some low-key individual performances meant this revival took time to hit its stride. Royal Opera's Don Carlo revival fails to completely catch fireen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-don-carlo-hytner-hymel-lewis-abdrazakov-billy-royal-opera-may-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMark Pullingerhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/files/218-1097_4423_markpullinger.jpgMark is one of Bachtrack’s editors and Chair of the Music Section of The Critics' Circle. An experienced opera critic, with a passion for Verdi, he can often be found propping up a standing place at the ROH. He also reviews concerts and dance, with a particular love for Russian and French repertoire. Mark contributes to Gramophone and Opera magazines and blogs at Beckmesser's Quill. https://bachtrack.com/files/59773-2793ashm-979-bryan-hymel-as-don-carlos--c--roh--photo-by-catherine-ashmore-resized.jpg510340Bryan Hymel (Don Carlo)ROH | Catherine Ashmore2017-May-12, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Don Carlohttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/royal-opera-house-covent-garden/don-carlo/12-may-2017/18-002017-05-122017-05-29Royal Opera House, Covent GardenLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC2E 9DDBow Street,
,Covent Garden51.513371-0.12239999999997http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/don-carlo-by-nicholas-hytner?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/59107-don-carlo-2596ashm-1068-production-image--c--ashmore.jpg3
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-03-18UTC07:59:50+00:002017-03-17A world premiere that gives yet more credence to the burgeoning reputation of Crystal Pite for creating absorbing mass movement of considerable beauty The Royal Ballet: The Human Seasons/ After the Rain / Flight Pattern en_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-royal-ballet-human-seasons-after-the-rain-flight-pattern-royal-opera-house-london-march-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngGraham Wattshttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18349https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/18349https://bachtrack.com/files/305-gw_18.jpgGraham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.
https://bachtrack.com/files/55949-after-the-rain--marianela-nunez-and-thiago-soares--roh--2016--photographed-by-bill-cooper-.jpg340475Marianela Nunez and Thiago Soares in After The RainBill Cooper | ROH 20162017-Mar-16, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: The Human Seasons / After the Rain / Flight Patternhttps://bachtrack.com/dance-listing/royal-opera-house-covent-garden/the-human-seasons-after-the-rain-flight-pattern/16-march-2017/19-302017-03-162017-03-24Royal Opera House, Covent GardenLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC2E 9DDBow Street,
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2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-09-13UTC08:33:45+00:002016-09-13The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.Prom 75: Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bearen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-prom-75-last-night-florez-oramo-bbcso-september-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngRohan Shottonhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/242https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/242https://bachtrack.com/files/124-rohan.jpgRohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.https://bachtrack.com/files/45556-prom-75-juan-diego-florez-sakari-oramo-bbcso-bbc-chris-christodoulou-15-resized.jpg510340Juan Diego Flórez and Peruvian friendBBC | Chris Christodoulou2016-Sep-10, Royal Albert Hall: Prom 75: Last Night of the Promshttps://bachtrack.com/concert-listing/royal-albert-hall/prom-75-last-night-of-the-proms/10-september-2016/19-152016-09-102016-09-10Royal Albert HallLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomSW7 2APKensington Gore51.5014299260821-0.17751932144165http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2016/prom-75-last-night-of-the-proms/?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/78814-artwork-for-events--1-.jpg3
