Political power games in Kosky's Agrippina at Covent Garden

Par Mark Pullinger, 24 septembre 2019

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“Mocking, Machiavellian, manipulative, DiDonato’s Agrippina dominates the stage from the start”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 23 septembre 2019

Haendel, Agrippina

The Royal Opera

Maxim Emelyanychev, Direction

Barrie Kosky, Mise en scène

Rebecca Ringst, Décors

Klaus Bruns, Costumes

Joyce DiDonato, Agrippina (Agrippine)

Franco Fagioli, Nerone

Lucy Crowe, Poppea (Poppée)

Iestyn Davies, Ottone (Othon)

Gianluca Buratto, Claudio

Andrea Mastroni, Pallante (Pallas)

Eric Jurenas, Narciso

José Coca Loza, Lesbo

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Joachim Klein, Lumières

McVicar’s Figaro celebrates its 20th Royal Opera anniversary

Dominic Lowe, 8th June

While this revival is imperfect, the Cherubino of Svetlina Stoyanova proves a marvel to hear.

***11

Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden

Dominic Lowe, 13th May

With Aigul Akhmetshina and Seokjong Baek in the title roles, there are reasons to be optimistic, but The Royal Opera’s revival of Richard Jones’ production is a mixed bag.

***11

Peter Grimes drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Christopher Woodley, 5th May

Allan Clayton and Sir Bryn Terfel lead a strong cast in a revival of Deborah Warner's dark staging of Britten's signature work at Covent Garden.

****1

Two funerals and a bedding at the Linbury Theatre

Eleanor Knight, 1st May

Tales of love and loss as operas by Elena Langer, Charlotte Bray and Elizabeth Maconchy form a varied triple bill in this showcase for The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artists.

****1

The Turn of the Screw at RBO Linbury: Darkness and denial

Eleanor Knight, 26th March

Natalie Abrahami’s mesmerising new production of Britten’s ghostly tale of sexual abuse is very dark indeed.

*****

A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House

Dominic Lowe, 25th March

Sir Mark Elder celebrates 50 years at Covent Garden by returning to his first opera there in 1976 – Verdi's Rigoletto – in a revival of Oliver Mears' excellent 2021 production.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.