Wagner done proud in Fulham: Siegfried from Fulham Opera

By Paul Kilbey, 18 February 2013

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Reviewed at St John's Fulham, London on 12 February 2013

Wagner, Siegfried

Fulham Opera

Philip Modinos, Siegfried

Peter Kent, Mime

Ian Wilson-Pope, Der Wanderer

Zoë South, Brünnhilde

Robert Presley, Alberich

Rhonda Browne, Erda

Emma Peaurt, Waldvogel (the woodbird)

Antoine Salmon, Fafner

Max Pappenheim, Director

Ben Woodward, Piano

Patriot games: Simon Boccanegra at Fulham Opera

Charlotte Valori, 11th March

Verdi's rarely-performed masterpiece gets an intense, intimate outing with a very fine cast at Fulham Opera.

****1

Tempest-tossed on the storm of life

Charlotte Valori, 20th November

Daisy Evans' dystopian, immersive Dutchman for Fulham Opera may be tough medicine – but, with such glorious singing on offer, it's an unmissable chance to step into Wagner's soundworld.

****1

Ben Woodward, in his superb musical act of reduction with Fulham Opera at St John's Church, Fulham, has brought us a Ring of eyewatering clarity, raw beauty and visceral power. Cancel everything, and go.

Charlotte Valori, 16th February

Ben Woodward, in his superb musical act of reduction with Fulham Opera at St John's Church, Fulham, has brought us a Ring of eyewatering clarity, raw beauty and visceral power. Cancel everything, and go.

*****

Fulham Opera: Das Rheingold

Charlotte Valori, 9th February

Fulham Opera's intense, beautiful, powerful opening to their Ring cycle at the lovely St John's Church in Fulham was a privilege to watch, and promises well for all remaining nights.

*****

The Fulham Ring concludes with Götterdämmerung

Roger Smith, 8th November

There are times a tarnhelm would come in useful. Limited to more conventional means of transport, this reviewer found that it took a ridiculous hour and a half to drive from Soho to Fulham, as a result of which I’m afraid I missed the opening scene of Fulham Opera’s Götterdämmerung.

***11

Die Walküre at Fulham Opera

Capriccio, 22nd May

For any opera company to mount a Wagner opera is a great undertaking. For a very small semi-professional opera company to mount the entire Ring cycle is a feat of extraordinary daring and perhaps madness. But that is exactly what Fulham Opera has decided to do.

***11

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.