Bachtrack logo

Add a pinch of fairy dust: Weber's Oberon, with New Sussex Opera

Loading, please wait...
See full listing
Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 25 November 2014
Weber, Oberon
New Sussex Opera
Nicholas Jenkins, Conductor
Max Key, Director
Sally Silver, Reiza
Carolyn Dobbin, Fatima
Adam Tunnicliffe, Oberon
Adrian Dwyer, Sir Huon of Bordeaux
Damian Thantrey, Scherasmin
St Paul's Sinfonia
A rare outing for Stanford's Travelling Companion
****1
Paradise reduced: New Sussex Opera's Delius
***11
Sickly sweet: Ambroise Thomas' Mignon
**111
Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces
***11
Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon
****1
Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille
*****
More reviews...
Related articles
Loading image...
Street-smart and subversive: Ailish Tynan talks Così fan tutte
Loading image...
Family affairs: Catharine Woodward on singing Brünnhilde in Regents Opera’s Ring
Loading image...
Opera in the blood: Speranza Scappucci
Loading image...
Songs from home: Magdalena Kožená in conversation
Charlotte Valori