Flinty graves: a chilling Poppea

Par Dominic Lowe, 21 mai 2016

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Critique faite à Shoreditch Town Hall, Londres, le 20 mai 2016

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea (Le Couronnement de Poppée), SV 308

Royal Academy Opera

Dame Jane Glover, Direction

John Ramster, Mise en scène

Louis Carver, Décors

Michelle Bradbury, Costumes

Eve Daniell, Nerone (Néron)

Emma Stannard, Poppea (Poppée)

Patrick Terry, Ottone (Othon)

Lorena Paz Nieto, Drusilla

Katie Stevenson, La Virtù (La Vertu)

Claire Barnett-Jones, Ottavia (Octavie)

Timothy Murphy, Seneca (Sénèque)

Alys Mererid Roberts, Amore (L'Amour)

Nika Gorič, La Fortuna (La Fortune)

Laura Zigmintaitė, Valletto (Le Page)

Helen Brackenbury, Arnalta

William Blake, Lucano (Lucain)

Dominic Bowe, Liberto (Libertus), Littore (Licteur)

Alex Otterburn, Mercurio (Mercure)

Royal Academy Sinfonia

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

A dystopian Hansel und Gretel at the RAM

Mark Valencia, 20th November

Jack Furness serves up an unappetising mess of Humperdinck's delicious masterpiece for Royal Academy Opera.

***11

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

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Flinty graves: a chilling L'incoronazione di Poppea from the Royal Academy of Music