Venice - six scenes, ten young singers.

Par Katy S. Austin, 20 juillet 2011

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Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 17 juillet 2011

Rossini, Il signor Bruschino (Scenes 4 - 6)

Rossini, Bianca e Falliero (Scenes 9 - 10)

Rossini, Otello (Scenes 12 - 17)

Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia (Scenes 4 - 6)

Britten, Mort à Venise (Opening of Act II)

Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Act II extract)

Rodula Gaitanou, Mise en scène

Paul Wynne Griffiths, Direction

Volker Krafft, Direction

Geoffrey Paterson, Direction

Anna Devin, Soprano

Elisabeth Meister, Soprano

Madeleine Pierard, Soprano

Kai Rüütel-Pajula, Mezzo-soprano

Steven Ebel, Ténor

Ji Hyun Kim, Ténor

Daniel Grice, Baryton

Zhengzhong Zhou, Baryton

Dawid Kimberg, Baryton

Lukas Jakobski, Basse

Jean-Paul Pruna, Clavier

Strauss à la Fellini: Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera North

Richard Wilcocks, 18th February

Rodula Gaitanou sets Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's comedy in the Cinecittà film studios of the 1950s.

****1

Picture perfect: a fine triple bill from the Guildhall School

Dominic Lowe, 11th November

Massenet, Smyth and Rota are unlikely bedfellows, but in the Guildhall School's Autumn production, a one-act opera by each contributed to a most convincing triple bill, all set around the La Scala Picturehouse in the 1920s.

****1

Edward Gardner conducts a sharp La clemenza di Tito live from Bergen

Mark Valencia, 15th March

Mary Miller bows out after ten years at the helm of Bergen National Opera with a defiant account of Mozart’s final opera.

****1

Man of La Mancha: Don Quichotte at Wexford

Mark Pullinger, 22nd October

A terrific opening to the 68th festival with Aigul Akhmetshina's sultry Dulcinée the standout in a great cast.

****1

Un ballo in maschera showcases Opera Holland Park at its best

Mark Valencia, 8th June

Gaitanou’s direction of the singers is so exact that it becomes impossible to separate them from their characters.

*****

Bloody and marvellous Wexford double bill by Leoni and Giordano

Andrew Larkin, 19th October

A terrifically strong cast gives a fine rendition of two lesser heard operas: Giordano's Mala vita Leoni's L'oracolo.

****1

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Katy S. Austin

Katy sings soprano, plays violin, cycles about and listens to music. She's a graduate of both Bristol and City Universities and has been known to write libretti.