Bachtrack logo
What's on
All eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesCompetitionsFestivals
Reviews
All reviewsConcert reviewsOpera reviewsDance reviews
Articles
All articlesFeaturesInterviewsOpinionPlaylists
News
Video
Video homeAll videoStreamed eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesPublishers
Site
About usContact usLink to usConditions of useCookiesPrivacy
Young artists
Travel
EventsReviewsArticlesVideo

Nuns on the run: laughs aplenty in Chelsea Opera's Le Comte Ory

By Mark Pullinger, 26 June 2016
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 25 June 2016
Programme
Rossini, Le Comte Ory
Performers
Chelsea Opera Group
Toby Purser, Conductor
Mark Milhofer, Count Ory
Claire Booth, Countess Adèle
Heather Lowe, Isolier
Benedict Nelson, Raimbaud
Anne Mason, Ragonde
Steven Page, The Tutor
Margo Arsane, Alice
Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra
Chelsea Opera Group Chorus
More Opera reviews
At it hammer and tongs: Chelsea Opera Group's Trovatore
Dominic Lowe, 28th February
A spirited performance of Verdi's beloved work highlighted the virtues of opera in concert.
***11
A Wagner rarity: no wine, no women and no carnival either!
Alexander Hall, 25th October
The Chelsea Opera Group give a concert performance of Wagner's early opera Das Liebesverbot conducted by Anthony Negus.
***11
Ernani: Sweltering heat, Spanish passions
Mark Pullinger, 3rd July
Rarely performed, Verdi's fifth opera Ernani is full of fiery passions, with a relentless flow of melodic invention, as heard in this concert performance by Chelsea Opera Group. 
***11
To Paradise and back: a thrilling Roi de Lahore
Mark Pullinger, 1st March
Chelsea Opera Group presents the strongest case imaginable for Massenet’s Le Roi de Lahore, with Michael Spyres, no less, as the King. 
****1
The early flowering of opera: a fragrant L’Orfeo at Schwetzingen
Mengguang Huang, 3rd May
Markus Bothe’s Botticelli-inspired production fuses tableau vivant aesthetics with Jörg Halubek’s surgical musical precision, offering a peerless, vivid tribute to the fragrant dawn of opera.
****1
Boston Doodle Dandy: Boston Lyric Opera presents La Fille du régiment
Kevin Wells, 1st May
Very few singers can hold an audience in the palm of their hand the way Brenda Rae as Marie does in this rollicking frolic. 
****1
More reviews...
Read reviews of
Anne MasonBenedict NelsonChelsea Opera GroupChelsea Opera Group ChorusChelsea Opera Group OrchestraClaire BoothGioachino RossiniHeather LoweLe Comte OryMargo ArsaneMark MilhoferSteven PageToby Purser
Related articles
Loading image...
Street-smart and subversive: Ailish Tynan talks Così fan tutte
Loading image...
RPS Awards announce winners for 2025
Loading image...
From Paris to Weimar with Anne Sofie von Otter
Loading image...
Pure agilità: Aya Wakizono returns to Tokyo
More by Mark Pullinger
Loading image...
Bachtrack top ten: Shakespeare in music
Loading image...
Seconds out! Regents Opera’s Salome lands a knockout punch at York Hall
Loading image...
Elim Chan: from Sorcerer’s Apprentice to Proms Queen and beyond
Loading image...
Eyes wide shut for Berlin’s new Ballo
Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.