Donizetti as you've never seen him before: Pop-Up Opera at Blacks in Soho

By Sarah Reid, 22 April 2013

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Reviewed at Blacks, London on 16 April 2013

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore

Pop-Up Opera

Cliff Zammit Stevens, Nemorino

Clementine Lovell, Adina

Ricardo Panela, Belcore

Tom Kennedy, Dulcamara

Penelope Manser, Giannetta

Egg-crackingly good fun: Pop Up Opera's touring production of Bizet's Le docteur Miracle

Charlotte Valori, 10th March

Pop Up Opera bring their bonkers, busy Bizet to an unusual venue near you!

***11

Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Roy Westbrook, 28th May

Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast.

****1

Bang! Mozart's volcano erupts in Opera Holland Park’s Così fan tutte

Peter Quantrill, 28th May

Mount Vesuvius looms over Cecilia Stinton’s compelling new production of Così fan tutte.

****1

A witty hotel Don Giovanni opens Blackwater Valley Festival

Andrew Larkin, 27th May

Tom Creed’s witty production at Lismore Castle delivers strong singing, sharp comedy and lively orchestral playing, even if the opera’s darker supernatural edges are somewhat diminished.

****1

Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box

David Karlin, 27th May

Music Director Douglas Boyd conducts a performance of exceptional musical quality, and Louisa Muller's uncontroversial but passionate direction makes this Traviata one for the ages.

*****

Werther revived at San Carlo: an anatomy of emotional isolation

Lorenzo Fiorito, 26th May

Willy Decker’s psychologically intense Werther returns to the Teatro di San Carlo with a deeply human interpretation by Francesco Demuro and refined conducting by Lorenzo Passerini.

*****

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Sarah Reid

Sarah studied Music at Cambridge University, graduating in 2010 and now works for Rhinegold Publishing coordinating their music directories and listings supplements. Sarah is a regular concert- and theatre-goer and appreciates most music – with the exception of heavy metal and Wagner.