A silvery Dream lost among the shadows

Par Mark Pullinger, 12 juin 2017

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“petals unfurl... and a spider's web is strung with pearls of dew”

Critique faite à Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, le 11 juin 2017

Britten, Le Songe d'une nuit d'été

Ryan Wigglesworth, Direction

Netia Jones, Mise en scène

Iestyn Davies, Oberon

Sophie Bevan, Tytania

Matthew Rose, Bottom

Eleanor Dennis, Helena

Clare Presland, Hermia

Leah-Marian Jones, Hippolyta

Lawrence Wiliford, Flute

Nick Pritchard, Lysander

Nicholas Sharratt, Snout

George Humphreys, Demetrius

Simon Butteriss, Starveling

Andrew Shore, Quince

Sion Goronwy, Snug

Clive Bayley, Theseus

Jack Lansbury, Puck

Elliot Harding-Smith, Soprano enfant

Ewan Cacace, Soprano enfant

Adam Warne, Soprano enfant

Noah Lucas, Soprano enfant

Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra

Antigone de Pascal Dusapin, entre loi des hommes et voix des dieux

Chloë Rouge, 7th October

L'« operatorio » de Dusapin remporte un beau succès, grâce à la science orchestrale du compositeur, l'incarnation d'une belle distribution et une mise en scène efficace en noir et blanc.

****1

Le rideau déchiré : Les Noces de Figaro à Garnier

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 23rd November

Une mise en scène aussi amusante que brillante d'intelligence, un plateau vocal au diapason et un orchestre des grands soirs : Les Noces de Figaro présentées au Palais Garnier ont tout pour plaire !

*****

Au Palais Garnier : Noces de Figaro ou Divorce d'Almaviva ?

Stéphane Lelièvre, 7th February

Le chef-d'œuvre mozartien est desservi par une lecture scénique qui tombe parfois dans le contresens, mais la distribution et la direction de Gustavo Dudamel en font une belle réussite musicale.

***11

Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces

Andrew Larkin, 22nd March

Netia Jones’ modern reimagining intrigues more than it convinces, but still makes a strong case for Dvořák’s dark fairy tale.

***11

Netia Jones directs Pinchgut Opera in a well-oiled Fairy Queen

Jeremy Eccles, 7th June

A rare 17th-century English Baroque spectacular, designed to delight the Restoration crowd, is given a contemporary twist in Sydney.

****1

Garsington Opera's new A Midsummer Night's Dream

Roy Westbrook, 16th June

In the first and last acts, ladies entered with a train still attached to a bolt of cloth, which was then cut to length by an attendant. Was this production brought to the stage in a great hurry, allowing no time for costume fittings?

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

A silvery Dream lost among the shadows: Britten at the Aldeburgh Festival