Rare revival of the earliest known opera by a female composer

By Nahoko Gotoh, 11 November 2015

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Reviewed at The Old Market, Hove on 7 November 2015

Caccini, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (First Surviving Opera by a Woman Composer)

Deborah Roberts, Conductor

Ellan Parry, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Anna Devin, Alcina

Nick Pritchard, Ruggiero

Denis Lakey, Melissa / Atlante

Hannah Ely, Soprano

Cally Youdell, Soprano

Camilla Harris, Soprano

Bethany Horak-Hallett, Soprano

Roberta Diamond, Soprano

Nancy Cole, Mezzo-soprano

James Way, Tenor

Joshua Cooter, Tenor

William Bouvel, Tenor

Andrew Robinson, Baritone

Liberation Singers

BREMF Renaissance Players

Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

****1

Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

Trojan’s Carousel: a magical night of dreams come true in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 23rd April

A vintage opera at the National Theatre offers charming adventures for children and musical sophistication for adults.

*****

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

**111

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.

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