Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

Michael Mayes (Joseph De Rocher) and Christine Rice (Sister Helen Prejean)

Jacques Imbrailo, Gweneth-Ann Rand, Hubert Francis and Catherine Carby (Victims' parents)

Malachy Frame (guard), Michael Mayes (Joseph De Rocher) and Christine Rice (Sister Helen Prejean)

Dame Sarah Connolly (Mrs Patrick De Rocher)

Dead Man Walking

Par David Karlin, 02 novembre 2025

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“I defy anyone to see this opera and come out unmoved”

Critique faite à The London Coliseum, Londres, le 1 novembre 2025

Heggie, Dead Man Walking

English National Opera

Kerem Hasan, Direction

Annilese Miskimmon, Mise en scène

Alex Eales, Décors

Evie Gurney, Costumes

DM Wood, Lumières

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Christine Rice, Sister Helen Prejean

Michael Mayes, Joseph De Rocher

Dame Sarah Connolly, Mrs. Patrick De Rocher

Madeline Boreham, Sister Rose

Andrew Manea, George Benton

Ronald Samm, Father Grenville

Gweneth-Ann Rand, Kitty Hart

Jacques Imbrailo, Owen Hart

Catherine Carby, Jade Boucher

Hubert Francis, Howard Boucher

Zwakele Tshabalala, First Motorcycle Cop, Older Brother

Marcus Swietlicki, Younger Brother

Amy Holyland, Sister Lillianne

Alaric Green, First Prison Guard

Malachy Frame, Second Prison Guard

ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

David Karlin, 16th February

Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.

*****

Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO

Dominic Lowe, 6th February

English National Opera's revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular production is a blend of spectacle with some first-class singing, with Lucy Crowe emphasising her Mozartian credentials.

****1

Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO

Mark Valencia, 20th November

Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits.

****1

Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella

Mark Valencia, 27th September

Julia Burbach and her designer, Herbert Murauer, are defeated by the wide canyons of the Coliseum stage in their modern-dress Cinderella.

**111

ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance

Nick Boston, 15th February

Musgrave's powerful depiction of a powerful woman at the mercy of male manipulation receives a strong staging from at ENO.

****1

Kicking down the door: The Marriage of Figaro revived at ENO

Dominic Lowe, 5th February

ENO's revival features a striking performance from Mary Bevan as bride-to-be Susanna, but elements of the staging continue to raise eyebrows.

****1

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David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.