A mixed bag from the Jette Parker Young Artists at the Royal Opera House

Par Roger Smith, 03 juillet 2013

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Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 30 juin 2013

Mozart, La Flûte enchantée (Die Zauberflöte) (extract)

Donizetti, Anna Bolena (extract)

Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore (L'Élixir d’amour) (extract)

Mozart, Air de concert pour soprano, « Ch'io mi scordi di te? », K505

Puccini, La rondine

Tchaïkovski, Eugène Onéguine (extract)

Puccini, La rondine (extract)

Paul Wingfield, Direction

Dusica Bijelic, Pamina, Tatiana, Lisette

Susana Gaspar, Soprano, Adina, Magda

Hanna Hipp, Mezzo-soprano, Olga

Justina Gringytė, Mezzo-soprano, Giovanna

Pablo Bemsch, Monostatos, Nemorino, Lenski, Ruggero

David Butt Philip, Tamino, Prunier

Michel de Souza, Papageno, Baryton

David Syrus, Direction

Jihoon Kim, Enrico, Rambaldo

Helen Nicholas, Clavier, Piano

Michele Gamba, Direction

Ashley Riches, Eugène Onéguine, Basse

Pedro Ribeiro, Direction musicale

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

So Are We: León and Lightfoot is a long overdue triumph

Deborah Weiss, 11th June

The Royal Ballet has acquired a double bill from Sol León and Paul Lightfoot that transcended even the highest expectations. An evening to watch over and over again.

*****

McVicar’s Figaro celebrates its 20th Royal Opera anniversary

Dominic Lowe, 8th June

While this revival is imperfect, the Cherubino of Svetlina Stoyanova proves a marvel to hear.

***11

Glorious debuts in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée at The Royal Ballet

Deborah Weiss, 23rd May

Two vivid debuts as Colas, marked the second revival of La Fille mal gardée this season at The Royal Ballet.

****1

Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden

Dominic Lowe, 13th May

With Aigul Akhmetshina and Seokjong Baek in the title roles, there are reasons to be optimistic, but The Royal Opera’s revival of Richard Jones’ production is a mixed bag.

***11

Peter Grimes drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Christopher Woodley, 5th May

Allan Clayton and Sir Bryn Terfel lead a strong cast in a revival of Deborah Warner's dark staging of Britten's signature work at Covent Garden.

****1

The Royal Ballet and McGregor: stunning dancing but nothing really new

Deborah Weiss, 18th April

An evening of ballets by Wayne McGregor, including the world premiere of Quantum Souls, proved to be a little too much of the same thing.

***11

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Roger Smith

Roger Smith was born in London and studied for BA in Music at Kingston University, followed by an MMus in Music Theory and Analysis at Goldsmiths College. He studied opera at Birkbeck College, the City Lit and Morley College.