An oppressive, living hell at Covent Garden

Par David Karlin, 08 mars 2018

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“Can any of us, Warlikowski asks, claim we’ll never spend a night behind bars?”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 7 mars 2018

Janáček, De la maison des morts

The Royal Opera

Mark Wigglesworth, Direction

Krzysztof Warlikowski, Mise en scène

Małgorzata Szczęśniak, Décors, Costumes

Sir Willard White, Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov

Pascal Charbonneau, Aljeja

Štefan Margita, Luka Kuzmič (Filka Morozov)

Ladislav Elgr, Skuratov

Johan Reuter, Šiškov, Priest

Alexander Vassiliev, Prison governor

Nicky Spence, Big prisoner/Nikita

Grant Doyle, Small prisoner, Čekunov

Graham Clark, Elderly prisoner

Peter Hoare, Šapkin

Aleš Jenis, Blacksmith, Prisoner as Don Juan and Brahmin

John Graham-Hall, Kedril

Konu Kim, Voice

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Peter Grimes drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Christopher Woodley, 5th May

Allan Clayton and Sir Bryn Terfel lead a strong cast in a revival of Deborah Warner's dark staging of Britten's signature work at Covent Garden.

****1

Two funerals and a bedding at the Linbury Theatre

Eleanor Knight, 1st May

Tales of love and loss as operas by Elena Langer, Charlotte Bray and Elizabeth Maconchy form a varied triple bill in this showcase for The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artists.

****1

The Turn of the Screw at RBO Linbury: Darkness and denial

Eleanor Knight, 26th March

Natalie Abrahami’s mesmerising new production of Britten’s ghostly tale of sexual abuse is very dark indeed.

*****

A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House

Dominic Lowe, 25th March

Sir Mark Elder celebrates 50 years at Covent Garden by returning to his first opera there in 1976 – Verdi's Rigoletto – in a revival of Oliver Mears' excellent 2021 production.

****1

Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight

David Karlin, 17th March

A revelatory orchestral performance and a cast led by Andreas Schager, Christopher Maltman and Elisabeth Strid make this a Siegfried for the record books.

*****

Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden

Mark Pullinger, 29th January

The second revival of Richard Jones' staging of Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of Boris Godunov once again stars the Welsh knight.

****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.

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