Entertaining, not enchanting: The Golden Cockerel at ETO

Par David Karlin, 06 mars 2022

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“impressively vivacious but erring on the side of frantic”

Critique faite à Hackney Empire, Londres, le 5 mars 2022

Rimski-Korsakov, Le Coq d'or (Sung in English)

English Touring Opera

Gerry Cornelius, Direction

James Conway, Mise en scène

Neil Irish, Décors, Costumes

Rory Beaton, Lumières

English Touring Opera Orchestra

English Touring Opera Chorus

Grant Doyle, Tsar Dodon

Paula Sides, Queen of Shemakha

Robert Lewis, Astrologer

Thomas Elwin, Prince Guidon

Jerome Knox, Prince Afron

Edward Hawkins, General Polkan

Amy J Payne, Amelfa

Alys Mererid Roberts, Golden Cockerel

Art imitates art in ETO’s bracing new Pagliacci

Dominic Lowe, 10th April

Divorced from Cavalleria rusticana, English Touring Opera’s contemporary take on Leoncavallo’s masterpiece ticks all the boxes.

****1

English Touring Opera transfers Donizetti to the English coast

Dominic Lowe, 27th September

L'elisir d'amore may not immediately bring Skegness or Romney to mind, but ETO's new production works quite well there... just look out for the seagulls!

***11

Blissful and hard-boiled: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at ETO

David Karlin, 22nd February

Eloise Lally shifts the Romeo and Juliet love story into New York mafia families. Jessica Cale and Samantha Price provide blissful bel canto as the star-crossed lovers.

****1

A tender Shakespeare-inspired curio from English Touring Opera

Susannah Moody, 15th February

ETO kicks off its spring season with What Dreams May Come, a strange and moving staging of songs inspired by William Shakespeare.

***11

Theatrically poverty-stricken: ETO's Blond Eckbert

Mark Valencia, 18th October

Judith Weir's cryptic folk opera lacks the narrative propulsion necessary to enthral an audience, and without resolution there is no catharsis.

**111

ETO's The Snowmaiden melts the heart and gladdens the ears

Dominic Lowe, 28th September

Olivia Fuchs' production of Rimsky-Korsakov's charming fable for ETO begins its tour in Hackney and is worth travelling to see. Catch this thoughtful production in a town near you.

****1

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David Karlin

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.

Entertaining but short of enchanting: Rimsky's The Golden Cockerel at English Touring Opera