Beauty, comedy and intrigue in Tao of Glass

Par Rohan Shotton, 16 juillet 2019

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“vast sheets of printed music... flutter from ceiling to ground like giant snowflakes”

Critique faite à Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, le 15 juillet 2019

Glass, Tao of Glass

Phelim McDermott, Mise en scène

Kirsty Housley, Mise en scène

Fly Davis, Décors

Colin Grenfell, Lumières

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

Akhnaten en el Liceu, una oda a la celebración del arte

Maria Sánchez, 31st October

La producción que triunfó con la English National Opera y la LA Opera llega felizmente a la ciudad condal, significando a la vez el estreno estatal de esta obra.

*****

The Tao of listening to – and with – Philip Glass

Kurt Gottschalk, 1st April

An engaging and inventive piece of theatre (sometimes tiringly so) that is, at least half the time anyway, about its titular subject.

***11

English National Opera revives Akhnaten to spectacular effect

Mark Valencia, 11th March

Philip Glass' operatic take on Ancient Egyptian history returns to the Coliseum in Phelim McDermott's hypnotic production, complete with jugglers...

*****

Star-studded gloom in Kevin Puts' The Hours at the Met

Robert Levine, 22nd November

Is it possible to have a minor success on every level? Kevin Puts' The Hours underwhelms in its world premiere production at the Metropolitan Opera.

***11

New-minted rather than dusted down: ENO opens season with Satyagraha

Mark Valencia, 14th October

Phelim McDermott's popular staging of Satyagraha, which verges on the lush and the voluptuous, is revived to open English National Opera's season.

****1

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.

Beauty, comedy and intrigue in Tao of Glass at Manchester International Festival