Eugene Onegin at the Dorset Opera Festival

By Dominic Lowe, 27 July 2016

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“Tamara Gura with a smokey tone and charcoal timbre”

Reviewed at Coade Theatre, Bryanston, Blandford Forum on 26 July 2016

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (Sung in English)

Dorset Opera

Gavin Carr, Conductor

Paul Carr, Director

Diana Montague, Madame Larina

Anna Patalong, Tatyana

Tamara Gura, Olga

Mark Stone, Eugene Onegin

Luke Daniel, Lensky

Fiona Kimm, Filippyevna

David Rendall, Monsieur Triquet

Clive Bayley, Prince Gremin

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Dominic Lowe, 26th July

Dorset Opera Festival's bold decision to programme Massenet's obscure opera about a medieval Castilian hero proves to be a major success.

****1

A girl next door: La bohème at Dorset Opera Festival

Dominic Lowe, 25th July

It's not easy to imagine a freezing Parisian attic when you're in the middle of the rolling Dorset countryside in a baking summer, but Dorset Opera's excellent production of Puccini's La bohème is atmospheric enough to do so.

****1

Dorset Opera deals with the devil in Gounod's Faust

Dominic Lowe, 26th July

Dorset Opera's second opera of their season saw a fiendishly good performance from Mark S Doss as Méphistophélès supported by a strong cast in Christopher Cowell's economical production.

****1

Threesome? Sheep? Le Comte Ory at Dorset Opera

Dominic Lowe, 25th July

A simple, but funny production with a strong cast and an enthusiastic chorus brought Rossini's comedy to life.

****1

Plenty of toil but no trouble in Macbeth

Dominic Lowe, 27th July

Hot on the heels of its Eugene Onegin, full of potential marriages that never reach the altar, Dorset Opera put on an excellent production of an opera with a successful, slick and murderous power couple.

****1

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Fate's intentions: Eugene Onegin at the Dorset Opera Festival