Magic takes time to sparkle in ENO's Elixir of Love

Rhian Lois (Adina)

Thomas Atkins (Nemorino) and Dan D'Souza (Belcore)

Brandon Cedel (Dulcamara)

Thomas Atkins (Nemorino)

Rhian Lois (Adina)

Thomas Atkins (Nemorino)

Par Eleanor Knight, 16 novembre 2024

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“for all its showstopping indulgence, the aria proved the perfect balancing point of the opera”

Critique faite à The London Coliseum, Londres, le 15 novembre 2024

Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore (L'Élixir d’amour)

English National Opera

Teresa Riveiro Bohm, Direction

Harry Fehr, Mise en scène

Nicky Shaw, Décors

Zahra Mansouri, Costumes

Mark Jonathan, Lumières

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Rhian Lois, Adina

Thomas Atkins, Nemorino

Dan D'Souza, Belcore

Brandon Cedel, Dulcamara

Segomotso Shupinyaneng, Giannetta

Reality television: ENO’s Angel’s Bone in Manchester

Lawrence Dunn, 12th May

Kip Williams and ENO mount an extraordinary new production of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s multifaceted opera, with performances of great emotional directness broadcast live on camera.

*****

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

Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

David Karlin, 1st November

Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.

*****

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

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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.

Magic takes time to sparkle in English National Opera's Elixir of Love