A 1970s Dream at Trinity Laban

By Charlotte Valori, 02 July 2015

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“Oberon reaches near-Bowie levels of magnificence in a feather-fringed fur coat”

Reviewed at Blackheath Halls: Great Hall, London on 1 July 2015

Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Trinity Laban Opera Ensemble

Diego Masson, Conductor

Olivia Fuchs, Director

Cordelia Chisholm, Costume Designer

Charlotte Richardson, Helena

Daniele Nastri, Tytania

Beth Archer, Hermia

Benjamin Clark, Flute

Guy Elliott, Lysander

Lewis Raines, Snout

Benjamin Ellis, Demetrius

Caspar Lloyd James, Starveling

Jonny Davies, Bottom

Anastasios Michalis, Quince

Jon Shaw, Snug

Luke Faber, Oberon

Zara Fyfe, Puck

Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

****1

The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

Mark Valencia, 15th February

Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.

****1

ETO's The Snowmaiden melts the heart and gladdens the ears

Dominic Lowe, 28th September

Olivia Fuchs' production of Rimsky-Korsakov's charming fable for ETO begins its tour in Hackney and is worth travelling to see. Catch this thoughtful production in a town near you.

****1

Strong voices shine amidst Fuchs' superficially garish Traviata

Andrew Larkin, 21st May

Strong vocals from the three principal singers and a sure musical direction from young conductor Farrell help offset some of the less than convincing elements to Olivia Fuchs' production.

***11

WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph

Mark Valencia, 7th March

Olivia Fuchs solves the problems of Britten's thorny opera in a brilliant new production that hits the heights, featuring Mark Le Brocq as earthbound scholar, Gustav von Aschenbach.

*****

A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season

Richard Wilcocks, 28th September

Upcycled and recycled, a green production of Verdi's final opera is directed by Olivia Fuchs.

*****

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

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