Gardiner runs Mozart ragged in The Royal Opera's Figaro

Par Mark Valencia, 02 juillet 2019

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“Harvey’s voice is a ravishing instrument that never ceases to impress”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 29 juin 2019

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

The Royal Opera

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Direction

Sir David McVicar, Mise en scène

Tanya McCallin, Décors, Costumes

Sir Simon Keenlyside, le Comte Almaviva

Julia Kleiter, la Comtesse Almaviva

Christian Gerhaher, Figaro

Joélle Harvey, Suzanne (Susanna)

Kangmin Justin Kim, Chérubin (Cherubino)

Maurizio Muraro, le docteur Bartolo

Diana Montague, Marceline (Marcellina)

Alasdair Elliott, Don Curzio

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Don Basilio

Jeremy White, Antonio

Yaritza Véliz, Barberine (Barbarina)

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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

Ermonela Jaho returns in triumph to The Royal Opera’s Traviata

Mark Valencia, 8th January

Richard Eyre’s 32-year-old production is rarely out of The Royal Opera’s repertoire for more than a few months at a time, but this particular revival proves very special.

*****

Turandot drowned in an orchestral tsunami at The Royal Opera

David Karlin, 15th December

Andrei Șerban’s 40 year old take on Puccini's tale of the ice princess largely stands the test of time, but Netrebko and Eyvazov are short of their best form.

***11

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.