Petticoated pirate romp at ENO

Par Olivia Bell, 11 février 2017

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Critique faite à The London Coliseum, Londres, le 9 février 2017

Sullivan, Pirates of Penzance

English National Opera

Gareth Jones, Direction

Mike Leigh, Mise en scène

Alison Chitty, Décors

Andrew Shore, Major General Stanley

Ashley Riches, Pirate King

David Webb, Frederic

Johnny Herford, Samuel

Sir John Tomlinson, Sergeant of Police

Soraya Mafi, Mabel

Katie Coventry, Edith

Angharad Lyddon, Kate

Lucy Schaufer, Ruth

Sarah Tipple, Revival Director

English National Opera Chorus

English National Opera Orchestra

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David Karlin, 16th February

Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.

*****

Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO

Dominic Lowe, 6th February

English National Opera's revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular production is a blend of spectacle with some first-class singing, with Lucy Crowe emphasising her Mozartian credentials.

****1

Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO

Mark Valencia, 20th November

Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits.

****1

Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

David Karlin, 1st November

Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.

*****

Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella

Mark Valencia, 27th September

Julia Burbach and her designer, Herbert Murauer, are defeated by the wide canyons of the Coliseum stage in their modern-dress Cinderella.

**111

ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance

Nick Boston, 15th February

Musgrave's powerful depiction of a powerful woman at the mercy of male manipulation receives a strong staging from at ENO.

****1

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Olivia Bell

Olivia has recently graduated as Senior choral Scholar from Queens' College, Cambridge, where she read English and became Culture Editor at the Tab. A freelance soprano, she currently works as a content editor at the Telegraph.

Petticoated pirate romp: The Pirates of Penzance at ENO