Curtain rises on ENO’s Traviata revival

Nicole Chevalier (Violetta)

Summah Chandi (Mlle Germont) and Nicole Chevalier (Violetta)

Nicole Chevalier (Violetta) and ensemble

By Dominic Lowe, 24 October 2023

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“her performance beguiling and multifaceted, giving a real sense of heartbreak and sacrifice”

Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 23 October 2023

Verdi, La traviata

English National Opera

Richard Farnes, Conductor

Peter Konwitschny, Director

Johannes Leiacker, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Joachim Klein, Lighting Designer

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Ruth Knight, Revival Director

Nicole Chevalier, Violetta Valéry

Jose Simerilla Romero, Alfredo Germont

Roland Wood, Giorgio Germont

Amy Holyland, Flora Bervoix

Sarah-Jane Lewis, Annina

Zwakele Tshabalala, Gastone de Letorières

Freddie Tong, Baron Douphol

Patrick Alexander Keefe, Marquis d'Obigny

Jonathan Lemalu, Dr Grenvil

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Lawrence Dunn, 12th May

Kip Williams and ENO mount an extraordinary new production of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s multifaceted opera, with performances of great emotional directness broadcast live on camera.

*****

ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

David Karlin, 16th February

Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.

*****

Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO

Dominic Lowe, 6th February

English National Opera's revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular production is a blend of spectacle with some first-class singing, with Lucy Crowe emphasising her Mozartian credentials.

****1

Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO

Mark Valencia, 20th November

Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits.

****1

Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

David Karlin, 1st November

Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.

*****

Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella

Mark Valencia, 27th September

Julia Burbach and her designer, Herbert Murauer, are defeated by the wide canyons of the Coliseum stage in their modern-dress Cinderella.

**111

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.