A stylish Eugene Onegin at Garsington

Par Mark Pullinger, 04 juin 2016

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“Romaniw's morello-dark soprano has a lustrous lower register”

Critique faite à Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, le 3 juin 2016

Tchaïkovski, Eugène Onéguine

Garsington Opera

Douglas Boyd, Direction

Michael Boyd, Mise en scène

Tom Piper, Décors

Roderick Williams, Eugène Onéguine

Oleksiy Palchykov, Lenski

Natalya Romaniw, Tatiana

Jurgita Adamonytė, Olga

Brindley Sherratt, Prince Grémine

Kathleen Wilkinson, Filipievna

Mark Wilde, Monsieur Triquet

Louise Winter, Madame Larina

Martin Häßler, Zaretski

The Gascoigne Orchestra

Garsington Opera Chorus

Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera

David Karlin, 12th June

Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.

****1

Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Roy Westbrook, 28th May

Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast.

****1

Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box

David Karlin, 27th May

Music Director Douglas Boyd conducts a performance of exceptional musical quality, and Louisa Muller's uncontroversial but passionate direction makes this Traviata one for the ages.

*****

A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington

Peter Quantrill, 27th June

Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.

****1

Ravishing Rodelinda: Handel al fresco at Garsington Opera

Roy Westbrook, 13th June

Ruth Knight untangles Handel's Rodelinda, directing a new staging at Garsington which features a feast of fine singing.

****1

Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

Roy Westbrook, 29th May

Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing.

****1

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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.

Natalya Romaniw's Tatyana the star of a stylish Eugene Onegin at Garsington