Descent into hell: Opera Zuid's madcap Orpheus in the Underworld

Francis van Broekhuizen (Junon) and Roger Smeets (Jupiter)

Mathys Lagier (Orphée) and Amel Brahim-Djelloul (Eurydice)

Opera Zuid's Orphée aux enfers

Mark Omvlee (Pluton)

Opera Zuid's Orphée aux enfers

Par Eleanor Knight, 15 juin 2023

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“Amel Brahim-Djelloul’s perky Eurydice has buckets of pastoral charm”

Critique faite à Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht, le 13 juin 2023

Offenbach, Orphée aux Enfers

Opera Zuid

Enrico Delamboye, Direction

Benjamin Prins, Mise en scène

Marloes en Wikke, Décors

Marrit van der Burgt, Costumes

Julian Maiwald, Lumières

Philharmonie Zuidnederland

Theaterkoor Opera Zuid

Marloes van der Hoek, Décors

Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Eurydice

Mark Omvlee, Pluton

Roger Smeets, Jupiter

Francis van Broekhuizen, Junon

Mathys Lagier, Orphée

Thomas Morris, Bacchus, L'Opinion Publique

Jeroen de Vaal, Mercure

Anna Emelianova, Diane

Olivier Hernandez, John Styx

Marina Ruiz, Venus

Sophie Collin, Cupidon

Willy Laury, Chorégraphie

A striking, if perplexing, Midsummer Night's Dream from Opera Zuid

Clare Varney, 24th May

Ola Mafaalani's staging is a feast for the eyes with creative and edgy lighting, a clever and expressive use of colour and a stunning visual display, but not everything comes off successfully.

**111

Voller Jugend für die Jugend: L'elisir d'amore an der Opera Zuid

Rainer Zerbst, 23rd May

Ohne Chor, gekürzt und verjüngt – ein temporeicher und spritziger Liebestrank an der Opera Zuid.

****1

In Amsterdam, a Matrimonio segreto for the future

Nicolas Nguyen, 18th March

Young singers, musicians and designers in this Matrimonio segreto co-produced by the three main opera companies in the Netherlands show that, on the stage and in the pit at least, the future of opera is bright.

****1

An enthusiastic and vibrant La traviata

David Pinedo, 2nd July

On a warm summer night, Opera Zuid closes its season with an impassioned, but keen production of La traviata in the Concertgebouw.

***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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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.