Delicious downtime with the Duchess: La descente d’Orphée aux enfers with the Early Opera Company

Par Charlotte Valori, 20 juin 2014

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Critique faite à Wigmore Hall, Londres, le 17 juin 2014

Charpentier, Sonate à huit, H.548

Charpentier, La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H.488

Early Opera Company

Christian Curnyn, Direction

Ed Lyon, Ténor

Katherine Manley, Soprano

Sophie Junker, Soprano

Zachary Wilder, Ténor

William Berger, Baryton

Callum Thorpe, Baryton-basse

Comic overkill stunts Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Grange Festival

Mark Pullinger, 7th June

Despite excellent vocal performances, David Alden’s production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto aims at irreverence but overplays the comedy.

***11

Doppeljubiläum von ZaterdagMatinee und Early Opera Company

Jens Klier, 18th October

Christian Curnyn feierte mit seinen Musikern und Mr Purcell ein würdiges Ehrenfest.

****1

Fairy style for the Fairest Isle: King Arthur at Temple Church

Roy Westbrook, 27th September

A concert performance of a Purcell semi-opera can never fully succeed, but compromise is worth it, if it enables us to hear a significant part of a major composer's output.

****1

Giulio Cesare in Londra with the marvellous EOC

Roy Westbrook, 11th April

Anna Devin's Cleopatra moved with complete conviction for scheming minx to mature woman in love.

*****

Camptastic, darling: Rameau's Platée

Charlotte Valori, 20th November

Channelling Conchita Wurst in its starring role, the Early Opera Company's production of this rare Rameau opera is bursting with laughs and memorable performances from a strong young cast.

****1

Laments and combats: Deep emotions in Monteverdi Ballets at Spitalfields

Cristina de Lucas, 17th June

Under the title “Monteverdi Ballets”, Spitalfields Music Summer Festival presented a joint collaboration between the Early Opera Company and Avant Garde Dance. The challenge was to merge music and dance coming from two different artistic projects into a single unified product.

***11

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.