McBurney paints a blank canvas in Aix

Paul Appleby (Tom), Hilary Summers (Mother Goose) and Chorus

The Rake's Progress in Aix

Julia Bullock (Anne), Paul Appleby (Tom), David Pittsinger (Trulove) and Kyle Ketelsen (Nick Shadow)

Julia Bullock (Anne) and Paul Appleby (Tom)

Par Mark Pullinger, 06 juillet 2017

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“McBurney never overplays his hand, content to allow the music to tell its own tale”

Critique faite à Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence, le 5 juillet 2017

Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress

Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Direction

Simon McBurney, Mise en scène

Michael Levine, Décors

Christina Cunningham, Costumes

Julia Bullock, Anne Trulove

Paul Appleby, Tom Rakewell

Kyle Ketelsen, Nick Shadow

Andrew Watts, Baba the Turk

David Pittsinger, Trulove

Hilary Summers, Mother Goose

Alan Oke, Sellem

Gerard McBurney, Dramaturgie

Paul Anderson, Lumières

William Duke, Vidéaste

English Voices

Orchestre de Paris

La reprise enchantée de la Flûte de Simon McBurney à Bâle

Romain Daroles, 20th February

Après son succès au Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, la mise en scène du chef-d'œuvre de Mozart par Simon McBurney s'exporte avec une même réussite dans la cité rhénane.

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Le NDT 1 triomphe dans Figures in Extinction au Théâtre de la Ville

Iris Régnier, 22nd October

Fruit d'un travail entre la chorégraphe canadienne Crystal Pite et le metteur en scène britannique Simon McBurney, Figures in Extinction est un succès incontestable, porté par une compagnie au sommet de son art.

*****

NDT1 in Figures in Extinction: cerebral and physical excellence

Deborah Weiss, 5th November

An extraordinary evening of dance theatre of the highest quality, Figures in Extinction for Nederlands Dans Theater 1 is a thought provoking experience worth repeating.

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Figures in Extinction: a thrilling evening with NDT 1

Kathy Elgin, 22nd August

An evening focused on the separation of humanity from the natural world and the destruction of that world, either because of ignorance, greed or just not caring.

*****

Sorprendente e innovadora Flauta mágica en Les Arts

Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 17th June

Simon McBurney sorprende al público de Les Arts con una innovadora producción de La flauta mágica.

*****

McBurney's delightfully batty Magic Flute returns to the Coliseum

Susannah Moody, 28th February

English National Opera brings back Simon McBurney's theatre of wonders for this Mozart classic.

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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.

McBurney paints The Rake's Progress onto a blank canvas in Aix