A stern Father's Day treat: Mozart Idomeneo at Garsington

Par Charlotte Valori, 21 juin 2016

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“there's not a rubber shark or stormtrooper in sight”

Critique faite à Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, le 19 juin 2016

Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta

Garsington Opera

Tobias Ringborg, Direction

Tim Albery, Mise en scène

Hannah Clark, Décors

Toby Spence, Idomeneo

Caitlin Hulcup, Idamante

Louise Alder, Ilia

Rebecca von Lipinski, Elettra

Timothy Robinson, Arbace

Robert Murray, High Priest

Nicholas Masters, The Oracle of Neptune

The Gascoigne Orchestra

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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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.