Prom 11: Les Troyens

Par Katy S. Austin, 24 juillet 2012

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Critique faite à Royal Albert Hall, Londres, le 22 juillet 2012

Berlioz, Les Troyens (concert performance, sung in French)

Bryan Hymel, Enée

Fabio Capitanucci, Chorèbe

Ashley Holland, Panthée

Brindley Sherratt, Narbal

Ji-Min Park, Iopas

Barbara Senator, Ascagne

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Cassandre

Eva-Maria Westbroek, Didon

Hanna Hipp, Anna

Ed Lyon, Hylas

Robert Lloyd, Priam

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Sir Antonio Pappano, Direction

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

The Royal Ballet and McGregor: stunning dancing but nothing really new

Deborah Weiss, 18th April

An evening of ballets by Wayne McGregor, including the world premiere of Quantum Souls, proved to be a little too much of the same thing.

***11

The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling: violent, feral, tortured dance

Graham Watts, 30th March

In this latest revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, The Royal Ballet presents a roster of powerful and vivid interpretations across the board.

****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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Katy S. Austin

Katy sings soprano, plays violin, cycles about and listens to music. She's a graduate of both Bristol and City Universities and has been known to write libretti.