Fly away on wings of wind: Novaya Opera’s Prince Igor takes wing at the Coliseum

By Mark Pullinger, 02 April 2014

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“ How glorious to hear a Russian chorus in full cry, basses plumbing the subterranean depths”

Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 1 April 2014

Borodin, Prince Igor

Novaya Opera

Jan Latham-Koenig, Conductor

Yuri Alexandrov, Director

Vyacheslav Okunev, Set Designer

Elena Popovskaya, Yaroslavna

Agunda Kulaeva, Konchakovna

Aleksey Tatarintsev, Vladimir Igorevich

Sergey Artamonov, Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince of Novgorod-Seversky

Evgeny Stavinsky, Galitsky

Vladimir Kudashev, Konchak

In Moscow, a rare outing for Bellini’s Il pirata

Edward Sava-Segal, 23rd January

Tenor Dmitry Korchak was the pick of the soloists in this concert performance by Novaya Opera.

***11

Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces

Andrew Larkin, 22nd March

Netia Jones’ modern reimagining intrigues more than it convinces, but still makes a strong case for Dvořák’s dark fairy tale.

***11

Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille

Elena Luporini, 20th March

A new production of Les Enfants terribles at the Opéra de Lille drags the audience into a terribly marvelous labyrinth, courtesy of conductor Virginie Déjos and directors Matthias Piro and Lisa Moro.

*****

Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically

Sandra Bowdler, 17th March

Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary.

****1

Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight

David Karlin, 17th March

A revelatory orchestral performance and a cast led by Andreas Schager, Christopher Maltman and Elisabeth Strid make this a Siegfried for the record books.

*****

Hedging its bets: La finta giardiniera at the Royal College of Music

Dominic Lowe, 16th March

Mozart's teenage comedy is more complicated then Figaro but is easy on the ear, with many opportunities for a young cast to shine.

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.