A dystopian Hansel und Gretel at the RAM

Anna-Helena Maclachlan (Hansel) and Binny Supin Yang (Gretel)

Konstantinos Akritidis (Witch)

Conrad Chatterton (Father), Ella Oharek-Coddington (Mother) and Binny Supin Yang (Gretel)

Binny Supin Yang (Gretel)

Par Mark Valencia, 21 novembre 2024

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“a company without a weak link”

Critique faite à Royal Academy of Music: Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Londres, le 20 novembre 2024

Humperdinck, Hansel et Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) (arr. Derek Clarke)

Royal Academy Opera

Johann Stuckenbruck, Direction

Jack Furness, Mise en scène

Alex Berry, Décors, Costumes

Ben Ormerod, Lumières

Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra

Anna-Helena Maclachlan, Hansel

Binny Supin Yang, Gretel

Konstantinos Akritidis, La Sorcière

Conrad Chatterton, Peter (le père)

Ella Oharek-Coddington, Gertrude (la mère)

Caroline Blair, La Fée rosée

Grace Hope-Gill, Le Marchand de sable

Le ravissement de Semele à Londres

Georgiana Hatara, 17th November

À la Royal Academy of Music, Semele de Händel offre une expérience jubilatoire et rafraîchissante. Mise en scène ingénieuse et jeunes chanteurs talentueux sont au menu de cette production.

****1

The Royal Academy's Carmen has too many what-if moments

Dominic Lowe, 18th November

Presenting a work like Carmen is a punchy move by a conservatoire. The Royal Academy of Music's production has conceptual weaknesses, but features some good singing.

***11

Royal Academy Opera stages a magical Zauberflöte

Mark Valencia, 18th March

A lyrical yet zesty account of Mozart's' adorable score, in a production that is on the nose and off the wall.

****1

Keeping it surreal: Martinů double-bill at the Royal Academy of Music

Dominic Lowe, 8th May

With typical spirit, the students at the Royal Academy of Music did an excellent job in bringing Martinů’s Comedy on the Bridge and Alexandre bis to life – two lesser-known pre-war surrealist gems.

***11

Unreal city: The Rake's Progress at the Royal Academy of Music

Benjamin Poore, 22nd November

Frederic Wake-Walker's realisation of the Hogarth-inspired opera is visually bracing and assuredly sung.

****1

Die Wahrheit liegt in der Musik: Dido and Aeneas an der Royal Academy

Rainer Zerbst, 27th May

Ein ausdrucksstarkes Dirigat von Elizabeth Kenny und ein grandioses Sängerensemble beeindrucken in London.

***11

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.