The Beauty is the Beast: Malin Byström sings a chilling Salome

Par David Karlin, 09 janvier 2018

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“Rarely can such beauty of voice have been combined with a snarl of such viciousness”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 8 janvier 2018

Strauss R., Salomé

The Royal Opera

Henrik Nánási, Direction

Sir David McVicar, Mise en scène

Es Devlin, Décors, Costumes

Malin Byström, Salomé

Michael Volle, Jochanaan

Michaela Schuster, Hérodias

John Daszak, Hérode Antipas

David Butt Philip, Narraboth

Christina Bock, le page de Hérodias

Dietmar Kerschbaum, premier Juif

Paul Curievici, deuxième Juif

Hubert Francis, troisième Juif

Konu Kim, quatrième Juif

Jeremy White, cinquième Juif

Kihwan Sim, premier Nazaréen

Dominic Sedgwick, second Nazaréen

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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.

*****

Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden

Mark Pullinger, 29th January

The second revival of Richard Jones' staging of Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of Boris Godunov once again stars the Welsh knight.

****1

Ermonela Jaho returns in triumph to The Royal Opera’s Traviata

Mark Valencia, 8th January

Richard Eyre’s 32-year-old production is rarely out of The Royal Opera’s repertoire for more than a few months at a time, but this particular revival proves very special.

*****

Turandot drowned in an orchestral tsunami at The Royal Opera

David Karlin, 15th December

Andrei Șerban’s 40 year old take on Puccini's tale of the ice princess largely stands the test of time, but Netrebko and Eyvazov are short of their best form.

***11

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