Elvira Fatykhova shines in a windswept Lucia di Lammermoor

By David Karlin, 08 June 2012

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Reviewed at Holland Park Theatre, London on 7 June 2012

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

Stuart Stratford, Conductor

Olivia Fuchs, Director

Jamie Vartan, Set Designer

Elvira Fatykhova, Lucia

Aldo di Toro, Edgardo

David Stephenson, Enrico

Aled Hall, Arturo

Keel Watson, Raimondo

Olivia Ray, Alisa

Nicholas Ransley, Normanno

City of London Sinfonia

Opera Holland Park Chorus

Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

****1

The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

Mark Valencia, 15th February

Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.

****1

ETO's The Snowmaiden melts the heart and gladdens the ears

Dominic Lowe, 28th September

Olivia Fuchs' production of Rimsky-Korsakov's charming fable for ETO begins its tour in Hackney and is worth travelling to see. Catch this thoughtful production in a town near you.

****1

Strong voices shine amidst Fuchs' superficially garish Traviata

Andrew Larkin, 21st May

Strong vocals from the three principal singers and a sure musical direction from young conductor Farrell help offset some of the less than convincing elements to Olivia Fuchs' production.

***11

WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph

Mark Valencia, 7th March

Olivia Fuchs solves the problems of Britten's thorny opera in a brilliant new production that hits the heights, featuring Mark Le Brocq as earthbound scholar, Gustav von Aschenbach.

*****

A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season

Richard Wilcocks, 28th September

Upcycled and recycled, a green production of Verdi's final opera is directed by Olivia Fuchs.

*****

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.