Anita Rachvelishvili takes the honours in ROH Trovatore

Par David Karlin, 01 février 2017

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“pianissimi that are hushed to a whisper still penetrate the whole hall”

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 31 janvier 2017

Verdi, Le Trouvère

The Royal Opera

Richard Farnes, Direction

David Bösch, Mise en scène

Patrick Bannwart, Décors

Meentje Nielsen, Costumes

Vitaliy Bilyy, Il conte di Luna

Lianna Haroutounian, Leonora

Anita Rachvelishvili, Azucena

Stefano Secco, Manrico

Gregory Kunde, Manrico

Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Ferrando

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Two funerals and a bedding at the Linbury Theatre

Eleanor Knight, 1st May

Tales of love and loss as operas by Elena Langer, Charlotte Bray and Elizabeth Maconchy form a varied triple bill in this showcase for The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artists.

****1

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.

*****

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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.

Anita Rachvelishvili takes the honours in Covent Garden's Il trovatore