Blissful and hard-boiled: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at ETO

Brenton Spiteri (Tebaldo) and Samantha Price (Romeo)

Masimba Ushe (Lorenzo) and Jessica Cale (Giulietta)

Jessica Cale (Giulietta) and Samantha Price (Romeo)

The Capulets and the Montagues

Samantha Price (Romeo) and Jessica Cale (Giulietta)

Par David Karlin, 23 février 2025

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“this work can provide compelling drama even as it seduces you with the beauty of the human voice”

Critique faite à Hackney Empire, Londres, le 22 février 2025

Bellini, Les Capulet et les Montaigu (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)

English Touring Opera

Eloise Lally, Direction

Alphonse Cemin, Mise en scène

Lily Arnold, Décors, Costumes

Peter Harrison, Lumières

Jessica Cale, Giulietta

Samantha Price, Romeo

Brenton Spiteri, Tebaldo

Timothy Nelson, Capellio

Masimba Ushe, Lorenzo

Daniel Gray Bell, Ténor

Harry Grigg, Ténor

Tamsanqa Tylor Lamani, Ténor

Samuel Pantcheff, Basse

John Ieuan Jones, Baryton

Wonsick Oh, Basse

Jonah Halton, Ténor

Art imitates art in ETO’s bracing new Pagliacci

Dominic Lowe, 10th April

Divorced from Cavalleria rusticana, English Touring Opera’s contemporary take on Leoncavallo’s masterpiece ticks all the boxes.

****1

English Touring Opera transfers Donizetti to the English coast

Dominic Lowe, 27th September

L'elisir d'amore may not immediately bring Skegness or Romney to mind, but ETO's new production works quite well there... just look out for the seagulls!

***11

A tender Shakespeare-inspired curio from English Touring Opera

Susannah Moody, 15th February

ETO kicks off its spring season with What Dreams May Come, a strange and moving staging of songs inspired by William Shakespeare.

***11

Theatrically poverty-stricken: ETO's Blond Eckbert

Mark Valencia, 18th October

Judith Weir's cryptic folk opera lacks the narrative propulsion necessary to enthral an audience, and without resolution there is no catharsis.

**111

ETO's The Snowmaiden melts the heart and gladdens the ears

Dominic Lowe, 28th September

Olivia Fuchs' production of Rimsky-Korsakov's charming fable for ETO begins its tour in Hackney and is worth travelling to see. Catch this thoughtful production in a town near you.

****1

ETO opens spring tour with an off-the-wall Manon Lescaut

Mark Valencia, 24th February

Jude Christian's indulgent reinvention of Puccini's opera does not serve English Touring Opera well as it embarks on its spring tour.

**111

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David Karlin

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Blissful and hard-boiled: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at English Touring Opera