Magic from the pit in Nevill Holt’s Dream

Par Mark Pullinger, 13 juin 2019

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“The Britten Sinfonia... teased out every icy sul ponticello and slithering glissando”

Critique faite à Nevill Holt Estate: Theatre, Market Harborough, le 12 juin 2019

Britten, Le Songe d'une nuit d'été

Nevill Holt Opera

Nicholas Chalmers, Direction

Anna Morrissey, Mise en scène

Simon Kenny, Décors, Costumes

Timothy Morgan, Oberon

Daisy Brown, Tytania

Jasper William Cartwright, Puck

Padraic Rowan, Theseus

Anna Harvey, Hippolyta

Peter Kirk, Lysander

Edmund Danon, Demetrius

Martha Jones, Hermia

Meinir Wyn Roberts, Helena

Lawson Anderson, Bottom

Tristan Hambleton, Quince

Timothy Edlin, Snug

Richard Pinkstone, Flute

Oliver Brignall, Snout

Brian McAlea, Starveling

DM Wood, Lumières

Rachel Wise, Assistant Director / Assistant Choreographer

Britten Sinfonia

Malcolm Arnold Academy

The Arbours Primary Academy

Cedar Road Primary School

Well acted, musically strong: La traviata at Nevill Holt

David Karlin, 4th August

A memorable outdoor Traviata from a young cast who immerse us completely in the story.

*****

The Marriage of Figaro: beautiful and beastly

Jane Shuttleworth, 4th July

Nevill Holt Opera and Royal Northern Sinfonia offer a sumptuous production, with gorgeous singing, but one unafraid to make us confront the uncomfortable aspects of the plot.

****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

Tosca from The Royal Opera: Netrebko returns, with a vengeance

David Karlin, 11th September

Oliver Mears' new staging impresses and Jakub Hrůša's first season as Music Director excites interest. But the evening belongs to Anna Netrebko.

****1

Jephtha at the ROH: magnificent singing, but short on dramatic punch

David Karlin, 8th November

Handel's last oratorio is stylishly set in the composer’s era, with an all-star cast of Handelian singers who give their all.

***11

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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.

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