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Prom 11: Les Troyens

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 22 July 2012
Berlioz, Les Troyens (The Trojans) (concert performance, sung in French)
Bryan Hymel, Énée
Fabio Capitanucci, Chorèbe
Ashley Holland, Panthée
Brindley Sherratt, Narbal
Ji-Min Park, Iopas
Barbara Senator, Ascagne
Anna Caterina Antonacci, Cassandre
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Didon
Hanna Hipp, Anna
Ed Lyon, Hylas
Robert Lloyd, Priam
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight
*****
A new Albrecht makes a polished Giselle shine even brighter
****1
The RB: Peter Wright’s Giselle is as near perfection as you can get
*****
Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden
****1
Woolf Works for The Royal Ballet: reaching poetic depths
****1
Ermonela Jaho returns in triumph to The Royal Opera’s Traviata
*****
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