Strauss à la Fellini: Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera North

Elizabeth Llewellyn (Ariadne) and Ric Furman (Bacchus)

John Savournin (Major-Domo), Dean Robinson (Music Master) and Hanna Hipp (The Composer)

Hanna Hipp (The Composer) and Jennifer France (Zerbinetta)

Elizabeth Llewellyn (Ariadne)

Adrian Dwyer, Dominic Sedgwick, Jennifer France, John Savournin and Alex Banfield (commedia troupe)

Par Richard Wilcocks, 19 février 2023

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“the commedia dell'arte characters are straight out of the film 8½”

Critique faite à Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, le 18 février 2023

Strauss R., Ariadne auf Naxos

Opera North

Antony Hermus, Direction

Rodula Gaitanou, Mise en scène

George Souglides, Décors, Costumes

Simon Corder, Lumières

Hanna Hipp, Composer

Elizabeth Llewellyn, The Primadonna (Ariadne)

Ric Furman, The Tenor (Bacchus)

Jennifer France, Zerbinetta

Daniel Norman, Dancing Master

John Savournin, Truffaldino, The Major-Domo

Dominic Sedgwick, Harlequin

Alex Banfield, Scaramuccio

Adrian Dwyer, Brighella

Jeremy Peaker, Wigmaker

Frazer Scott, Lackey

Daisy Brown, Naiad

Laura Kelly-McInroy, Dryad

Amy Freston, Echo

Victoria Newlyn, Chorégraphie

John Findon triumphs in the return of Opera North’s Peter Grimes

Richard Wilcocks, 13th February

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

*****

Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

****1

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

Mark Pullinger, 16th July

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

****1

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

Richard Wilcocks, 1st February

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

****1

Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

Richard Wilcocks, 27th September

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.

****1

Richard Wilcocks, 15th February

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

****1

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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.