Pared-down Puccini: The Royal Opera's La bohème gains new urgency

Par Kevin W Ng, 24 juin 2021

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“As the famously flirty coquette, Danielle de Niese steals the show with her antics in Café Momus”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 23 juin 2021

Puccini, La bohème

The Royal Opera

Renato Balsadonna, Direction

Richard Jones, Mise en scène

Stewart Laing, Décors

Mimi Jordan Sherin, Lumières

Dan Dooner, Revival Director

Anna Princeva, Mimì

Joshua Guerrero, Rodolfo

Boris Pinkhasovitch, Marcello

Danielle de Niese, Musetta

Cody Quattlebaum, Schaunard

Gianluca Buratto, Colline

Jeremy White, Benoît

Wyn Pencarreg, Alcindoro

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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

Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight

David Karlin, 17th March

A revelatory orchestral performance and a cast led by Andreas Schager, Christopher Maltman and Elisabeth Strid make this a Siegfried for the record books.

*****

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Kevin W Ng

Kevin writes about music and culture, with a focus on opera. Originally trained as a violinist, he has a particular interest in 20th-century music. He is currently based in New York City.