One-shot saloon: Operalia triumph for the ladies

Par Mark Pullinger, 19 juillet 2015

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Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 19 juillet 2015

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

Bellini, I puritani: Qui la voce sua soave... Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna

Gounod, Faust: Salut! Demeure chaste et pure

Gounod, Romeo et Juliette: Amour, ranime mon courage

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Il dolce suono

Rossini, Le barbier de Séville: La calunnia e un venticello

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Tombe degl'avi miei

Verdi, La Traviata : È strano... Ah, fors' è lui

Verdi, La Traviata : Sempre libera

Donizetti, La Fille du régiment: Ah! mes amis

Wagner, Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle

Chapí, Las hijas del Zebedeo: Carceleras

Serrano, La Dolorosa: La roca fria del calvario

Moreno Torroba, La Marchenera: Tres horas antes del día

Fernández Caballero, Château Margaux: No sé que siento aquí

Kiandra Howarth, Soprano

Julien Behr, Ténor

Pene Pati, Ténor

Lise Davidsen, Soprano

Ioan Hotea, Ténor

Bongani Justice Kubheka, Baryton-basse

Vuvu Mpofu, Soprano

Hera Hyesang Park, Soprano

Andrea Carroll, Soprano

Tobias Greenhalgh, Baryton

Edward Parks, Baryton

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Plácido Domingo, Direction

The Royal Ballet and McGregor: stunning dancing but nothing really new

Deborah Weiss, 18th April

An evening of ballets by Wayne McGregor, including the world premiere of Quantum Souls, proved to be a little too much of the same thing.

***11

The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling: violent, feral, tortured dance

Graham Watts, 30th March

In this latest revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, The Royal Ballet presents a roster of powerful and vivid interpretations across the board.

****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

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.

*****

A new Albrecht makes a polished Giselle shine even brighter

Deborah Weiss, 7th March

A last minute injury to Natalia Osipova does not mar the magic of Sir Peter Wright's Giselle as Marianela Núñez steps in to partner Patricio Revé.

****1

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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.

One-shot saloon: Operalia 2015 a triumph for the ladies