Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO

Avery Amereau (Serena Joy) and Kate Lindsey (Offred)

Kate Lindsey (Offred) and Eleanor Dennis (Ofglen)

Alan Oke (Doctor) and Kate Lindsey (Offred)

Rachel Nicholls (Aunt Lydia), Rhian Lois (Janine) and the ENO Chorus

Kate Lindsey (Offred), John Findon (Luke) and Elsi McDonald (Daughter)

Par David Karlin, 02 février 2024

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“the opera presents the most important events in the novel compactly and cogently”

Critique faite à The London Coliseum, Londres, le 1 février 2024

Ruders, The Handmaid's Tale

English National Opera

Joana Carneiro, Direction

Annilese Miskimmon, Mise en scène

Annemarie Woods, Décors, Costumes

Paule Constable, Lumières

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Akhila Krishnan, Vidéaste

Yvonne Gilbert, Son

Kate Lindsey, Offred

John Findon, Luke

Susan Bickley, Offred's mother

Rachel Nicholls, Aunt Lydia

Nadine Benjamin, Moira

Rhian Lois, Janine/Ofwarren

Avery Amereau, Serena Joy

Madeleine Shaw, Rita

James Creswell, The Commander

Zwakele Tshabalala, Nick

Alan Oke, The Doctor

Eleanor Dennis, Ofglen

Juliet Stevenson, Comédien

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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Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at English National Opera