Gerald Barry's The Importance of Being Earnest staged at the ROH Linbury Studio

By Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, 17 June 2013

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 14 June 2013

Barry, The Importance of Being Earnest

Ramin Gray, Director

Tim Murray, Conductor

Britten Sinfonia

Paul Curievici, John Worthing

Geoffrey Dolton, Rev. Canon Chasuble

Alan Ewing, Lady Bracknell

Stephanie Marshall, Gwendolen Fairfax

Benedict Nelson, Algernon Moncrieff

Hilary Summers, Miss Prism

Simon Wilding, Lane/Merriman

Ida Falk Winland, Cecily Cardew

Wilde life: The Importance of Being Earnest

Matthew Rye, 29th March

Gerald Barry’s deliciously anarchic operatic setting of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest returns to the London stage.

*****

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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.

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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.

*****

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

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Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade

Ninfea is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, and is now completing an MMus degree at the Royal Academy of Music. She works as both a cellist and a composer and is committed to the performance of new works. Her website is here.