Desire, deception, and death: The Corridor & The Cure

Par Charlotte Valori, 17 juin 2015

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“The anger Harsent finds in both characters is fascinating”

Critique faite à Britten Studio, Snape, le 14 juin 2015

Birtwistle, The Corridor

Birtwistle, The Cure

Geoffrey Paterson, Direction

Elizabeth Atherton, Soprano

Mark Padmore, Ténor

Martin Duncan, Direction musicale

London Sinfonietta

Désopilantes Fiançailles au Couvent : le retour

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 22nd May

Près de 42 ans après la création de l’oeuvre en langue française, sous la baguette de Michel Plasson à Strasbourg, le Théâtre du Capitole accueillait l’oeuvre du compositeur russe dans sa nouvelle version échaffaudée et présentée lors du début d’année 2011.

****1

Beautiful Sing, but no Spiel: an unusual Munich Entführung

Laura Servidei, 12th June

Ivor Bolton leads the Bayerische Staatsorchester in a delightful musical rendition of Mozart’s masterpiece, with a great performance by Pavol Breslik as Belmonte.

***11

Clown court: Offenbach's Fantasio at Garsington

Matthew Rye, 14th June

The UK stage debut of Offenbach’s neglected Fantasio reveals a musical sizzler, but directorially it needs a more sympathetic touch than Garsington musters.

***11

A superbly entertaining Kiss Me, Kate at the Theater Bonn

Cristina Burack, 10th November

Theater Bonn successfully tackles Kiss Me, Kate in an appropriately light production.

****1

Prom 57: On the Town

Sebastian Scotney, 25th August

John Wilson was constantly persuading the orchestra to dig deep and to unearth the riches and miracles in the orchestral writing.

****1

Dove's Flight takes off superbly

Mark Pullinger, 12th March

Dove's infectious score nods to Copland, Bernstein and Britten and its tongue-twisting ensembles and high-wire vocal writing were wonderfully performed.

*****

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

Desire, deception, and death: Birtwistle's The Corridor and The Cure opens the Aldeburgh Festival