The Lion's Face | Bachtrack

Par Alison Karlin, 22 juillet 2010

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Critique faite à Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, Londres, le 21 juillet 2010

Langer, The Lion's Face

The Opera Group

Nicholas Collon, Direction

John Fulljames, Mise en scène

Dave Hill, Mr D

Elizabeth Sikora, Mrs D

Fflur Wyn, Caregiver's daughter

Rachel Hynes, Caregiver

Benedict Nelson, Clinician Scientist

Opening night of The Firework-Maker's Daughter at the Linbury Studio Theatre

Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, 3rd April

This week the Linbury Studio Theatre attracted an audience of the more minute variety with its dazzling production of The Firework-Maker’s Daughter. Based on Philip Pullman’s novel, the two-act opera transported its listeners into the realms of the Far East with papery costumes, Indonesian shadow puppetry and hand-crafted pyrotechnics.

*****

The Opera Group: Babur in London at Sadler's Wells

Sophie Rashbrook, 26th June

Babur in London is the latest production from pioneering opera company The Opera Group, and it provided a thought-provoking evening. A collaborative venture between British-born composer Edward Rushton and New Delhi-based librettist Jeet Thayil, the new work has already toured Switzerland, and arrived in London following dates in Basingstoke, Oxford, Leeds and Birmingham.

***11

The Opera Group: Bow Down

Paul Kilbey, 13th June

Two sisters, a knight, a miller, and a blind harpist. Such is the cast of Tony Harrison and Harrison Birtwistle's Bow Down, their 1977 music-theatre piece currently being toured around the UK by The Opera Group. It's an elemental, mythic piece, but also a testament to the endless capacity for novelty that old, grim folk tales like this have.

***11

Street Scene à Monte-Carlo : une séduisante East Side Story

Manon Decroix, 23rd February

L'ouvrage lyrique méconnu de Kurt Weill bénéficie d'une distribution américaine inspirée, d'une mise en scène agréablement surprenante et d'un excellent Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo.

****1

Poétique hommage à Benjamin Walter à l'Opéra de Lyon

Camille Grimaud, 15th March

Tabachnik et Debray signent une œuvre poétique à l'Opéra de Lyon. Puissamment évocateur, Benjamin, Dernière Nuit, nous donne à penser la tension entre mystique et profane qui nous possède tous.

***11

San Francisco Opera's The Handmaid's Tale offers hope

Lois Silverstein, 14th September

John Fulljames directs a new production of Poul Ruders' uncompromising operatic take on Margaret Atwood’s celebrated novel.

****1

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Alison Karlin

Co-founder of Bachtrack, Alison handles sales, marketing and PR for the site. When not at the opera with David, or travelling around Europe, she can often be found either on the tennis court, singing or swimming. JS Bach instrumental music is required listening when thinking time is required, while Mahler is reserved for off duty time. Alison is passionate about bringing children and new listeners to classical music and opera.