An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival

Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund)

Julian Close (Hunding), Emma Bell (Sieglinde), Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund)

Paul Carey Jones (Wotan), Madeleine Shaw (Fricka)

Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde), Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund)

Paul Carey Jones (Wotan), Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde) and Valkyries

Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde), Paul Carey Jones (Wotan)

Par David Karlin, 19 juin 2024

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“an opera that can spring surprises on you no matter how often you see it.”

Critique faite à Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh, le 18 juin 2024

Wagner, La Walkyrie (Die Walküre)

Longborough Festival Opera

Anthony Negus, Direction

Amy Lane, Mise en scène

Rhiannon Newman Brown, Décors

Emma Ryott, Costumes

Charlie Morgan Jones, Lumières

Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra

Tim Baxter, Vidéaste

Mark Le Brocq, Siegmund

Emma Bell, Sieglinde

Paul Carey Jones, Wotan

Julian Close, Hunding

Lee Bisset, Brünnhilde

Madeleine Shaw, Fricka

Katie Lowe, Helmwige

Eleanor Dennis, Gerhilde

Cara McHardy, Ortlinde

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Waltraute

Carolyn Dobbin, Siegrune

Rozanna Madylus, Roßweiße

Katie Stevenson, Grimgerde

Dorman’s Wahnfried receives its UK premiere at Longborough

Mark Pullinger, 27th May

Longborough Festival Opera, built on Wagnerian foundations, stages the UK premiere of Avner Dorman’s ambitious cautionary tale about the Wagner clan and establishing the composer’s legacy.

***11

Back to the Bard: Longborough's Fairy Queen

Roy Westbrook, 29th July

Polly Graham's production turns semi-opera into “three-quarters opera”, to good effect.

***11

Don't look back: Longborough's new L'Orfeo

Roy Westbrook, 11th July

Olivia Fuchs directs Monteverdi's early opera in a sparse staging with a consistently fine cast.

***11

Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung

Roy Westbrook, 29th May

Longborough's Ring Cycle reaches completion in the Cotswold's, effectively staged by Amy Lane.

****1

Grief compellingly explored: Die tote Stadt at Longborough

David Karlin, 27th June

An outstanding performance from Rachel Nicholls lights up Carmen Jakobi's compelling production of Korngold's exploration of grief.

****1

Fearlessly heroic: Siegfried gets the Longborough Ring back on track

Matthew Rye, 30th May

Longborough Festival Opera’s ongoing Ring cycle returns to its fully staged form with a triumphant new Siegfried.

****1

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