To Paradise and back: a thrilling Roi de Lahore

Par Mark Pullinger, 02 mars 2015

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“Balsadonna and the COG orchestra threw the kitchen sink at the score”

Critique faite à Queen Elizabeth Hall, Londres, le 1 mars 2015

Massenet, Le Roi de Lahore

Chelsea Opera Group

Renato Balsadonna, Direction

Anush Hovhannisyan, Sitâ

Justina Gringytė, Kaled

Michael Spyres, Alim

Joshua Bloom, A chief, Indra

William Dazeley, Scindia

Jihoon Kim, Timour

Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra

Chelsea Opera Group Chorus

Nuns on the run: Le Comte Ory

Mark Pullinger, 25th June

Italian swagger and French farce combining to raise some much needed laughs despite the restrictions of a concert performance at Cadogan Hall.

***11

At it hammer and tongs: Chelsea Opera Group's Trovatore

Dominic Lowe, 28th February

A spirited performance of Verdi's beloved work highlighted the virtues of opera in concert.

***11

A Wagner rarity: no wine, no women and no carnival either!

Alexander Hall, 25th October

The Chelsea Opera Group give a concert performance of Wagner's early opera Das Liebesverbot conducted by Anthony Negus.

***11

Ernani: Sweltering heat, Spanish passions

Mark Pullinger, 3rd July

Rarely performed, Verdi's fifth opera Ernani is full of fiery passions, with a relentless flow of melodic invention, as heard in this concert performance by Chelsea Opera Group.

***11

Siegfried et l’art du chant au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Pierre Michel, 19th April

Pour ce troisième volet du Ring proposé en version de concert par Yannick Nézet-Séguin et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Rotterdam, c'est le plateau vocal qui brille avant tout, éclipsant l'orchestre et le chef.

***11

Michael Fabiano fait trembler le Capitole dans Otello

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 14th April

Pour ses débuts à Toulouse, le ténor américain se distingue dans le rôle-titre de l'ouvrage verdien. Mise en scène, plateau vocal et fosse s'associent parfaitement pour livrer la quintessence du drame.

*****

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

To Paradise and back: a thrilling Le Roi de Lahore from Chelsea Opera Group