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Martinů has the last laugh at the Guildhall

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Reviewed at Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Silk Street Theatre, London on 1 November 2012
Massenet, La Navarraise
Massenet, Le Portrait de Manon
Martinů, Comedy on the Bridge
Guildhall School Musicians
Peter Robinson, Conductor
Stephen Barlow, Director
James Platt, Bedroň
Magdalena Molendowska, Anita (La Navarraise)
Ben McAteer, Des Grieux
Raphaela Papadakis, Aurore
Catherine Backhouse, Jean
Samantha Crawford, Popelka
Respighi’s Lucrezia compels in Guildhall School’s double bill
****1
Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill
***11
Holst and Weir operas from the Guildhall School of Music
***11
Dead Man Walking given a triumphant staging by Guildhall School
****1
Picture perfect: a fine triple bill from the Guildhall School
****1
Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon outshines Bizet at Guildhall School
***11
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