Borderline sumptuous: Scottish Opera's Figaro

Par Gregor Forbes, 13 octobre 2016

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Critique faite à Theatre Royal, Glasgow, le 12 octobre 2016

Mozart, Les Noces de Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)

Scottish Opera

Tobias Ringborg, Direction

Sir Thomas Allen, Mise en scène

Simon Higlett, Décors

Samuel Dale Johnson, le Comte Almaviva

Eleanor Dennis, la Comtesse Almaviva

Ben McAteer, Figaro

Anna Devin, Suzanne (Susanna)

Hanna Hipp, Chérubin (Cherubino)

Graeme Broadbent, le docteur Bartolo

Marie McLaughlin, Marceline (Marcellina)

Paul Curievici, Don Curzio, Don Basilio

Donald Maxwell, Antonio

Lucy Hall, Barberine (Barbarina)

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera

Sombre Ariodante au Scottish Opera

Clémence Faber, 16th February

Cette nouvelle production du plus écossais des opéras de Haendel s’en tire avec les honneurs, malgré un orchestre à la peine.

***11

East meets West in Dai Fujikura’s The Great Wave at Scottish Opera

David Smythe, 12th February

Stuart Stratford conducts the world premiere of Fujikura’s opera about Hokusai’s image at Scottish Opera, with Satoshi Miyagi directing with his Japanese creative team.

***11

Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival

David Smythe, 11th October

Hye-Youn Lee and Mario Chang head a strong cast in Barbe and Doucet’s revival of La bohème, which marks the retirement of veteran lighting designer, Guy Simard.

****1

Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill

David Smythe, 14th May

Scottish Opera’s double bill of Trial by Jury and the world premiere of Toby Hession’s fun-packed A Matter of Misconduct! features an ensemble cast, mostly of Emerging Artists.

****1

Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia

David Smythe, 30th April

With misplaced horse heads, violin case guns and as many mafia gags as you could hope for, Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow may not be subtle but it looks and sounds gorgeous.

****1

The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

Mark Valencia, 15th February

Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.

****1

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Gregor Forbes

Gregor Forbes (b. 1993) is a composer and pianist from Scotland. Since 2014 he has been the Artistic Director of Glasgow Experimental Music Series, which was twice nominated for 'Making It Happen' in the Scottish Awards for New Music. In 2019, Gregor was the inaugural recipient of the Scholarship and Composer-in-Residence programme of the Hanns Eisler Haus, Leipzig, which culminated in the performance of a major new work for Ensemble Avant Garde at the Gewandhaus Musica Nova series. Since 2021, Gregor has been the Musical Director of the composers' lecture-recital series 'Neues bei Grieg!' at the Grieg Begegnungsstätte, Leipzig.

Borderline sumptuous: Scottish Opera revives The Marriage of Figaro