Bringing on the melodrama in a Wilde adaptation

Ellie Neate (The Duchess)

Anna Elizabeth Cooper (Guido), Henry Grant Kerswell (Moranzone), Ellie Neate, James Beddoe (Duke)

Ellie Neate (The Duchess)

By Susannah Moody, 21 February 2024

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“the converted church at The Space proved the ideal Gothic setting”

Reviewed at The Space, London on 20 February 2024

Lambert, The Duchess of Padua

The Music Troupe

Fleur Snow, Director

Melissa Sofoian, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jonathan Danciger, Lighting Designer

Ellie Neate, Soprano

Anna Elizabeth Cooper, Mezzo-soprano

James Beddoe, Tenor

Henry Grant Kerswell, Baritone

Adrian Salinero, Piano

Alex Norton, Piano

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

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

Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

At half mast: Simon Boccanegra revived in Vienna

Orsolya Gyárfás, 19th April

Marco Armiliato's conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper's latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

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Susannah Moody

A London-based journalist and ex-lawyer, Susannah will cheerfully listen to most styles of music. Having trained as an operatic soprano through school and university, she has worked for several opera companies and set up a student opera company where she translated, directed and performed in productions including flash mob opera. Most recently she took part in the ENO Response programme reviewing the company's 2022-2023 season. She also writes about food as The Moody Foodie.