Verismo before its time: Donizetti's Siege of Calais

Par David Karlin, 08 mars 2015

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Critique faite à Hackney Empire, Londres, le 7 mars 2015

Donizetti, The Siege of Calais (L'assedio di Calais)

English Touring Opera

Jeremy Silver, Direction

James Conway, Mise en scène

Samal Blak, Décors

Paula Sides, Eleonora

Catherine Carby, Aurelio

Ronan Busfield, Edmundo

Matthew Ward, Giacomo de Wisants

Andrew Glover, Giovanni d'Aire

Grant Doyle, Eduardo III

Craig Smith, Eustachio de Saint-Pierre

Matthew Stiff, Pietro de Wisants

Peter Brathwaite, An English spy

Jan Capinski, Armando

English Touring Opera transfers Donizetti to the English coast

Dominic Lowe, 27th September

L'elisir d'amore may not immediately bring Skegness or Romney to mind, but ETO's new production works quite well there... just look out for the seagulls!

***11

Blissful and hard-boiled: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at ETO

David Karlin, 22nd February

Eloise Lally shifts the Romeo and Juliet love story into New York mafia families. Jessica Cale and Samantha Price provide blissful bel canto as the star-crossed lovers.

****1

A tender Shakespeare-inspired curio from English Touring Opera

Susannah Moody, 15th February

ETO kicks off its spring season with What Dreams May Come, a strange and moving staging of songs inspired by William Shakespeare.

***11

Theatrically poverty-stricken: ETO's Blond Eckbert

Mark Valencia, 18th October

Judith Weir's cryptic folk opera lacks the narrative propulsion necessary to enthral an audience, and without resolution there is no catharsis.

**111

ETO's The Snowmaiden melts the heart and gladdens the ears

Dominic Lowe, 28th September

Olivia Fuchs' production of Rimsky-Korsakov's charming fable for ETO begins its tour in Hackney and is worth travelling to see. Catch this thoughtful production in a town near you.

****1

ETO opens spring tour with an off-the-wall Manon Lescaut

Mark Valencia, 24th February

Jude Christian's indulgent reinvention of Puccini's opera does not serve English Touring Opera well as it embarks on its spring tour.

**111

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Verismo before its time: Donizetti's Siege of Calais at English Touring Opera