Destructive dormitory passions in Erfurt

By John Johnston, 21 April 2017

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“Text books are flung, shorts drop, skirts lifted, penknives drawn”

Reviewed at Theater Erfurt, Erfurt on 19 April 2017

Zandonai, Guilietta e Romeo

Zoi Tsokanou, Conductor

Guy Montavon, Director

Francseco Calcagnini, Set Designer

Frauke Langer, Costume Designer

Jomantė Šležaitė, Giulietta Capuleto

Eduard Martynyuk, Romeo Montecchio

Margrethe Fredheim, Isabella

Siyabulela Ntlale, Tebaldo

Won Whi Choi, Tenor

Drei Frauen für Orestes: Erfurt macht Lust auf mehr Weingartner

Michael Vieth, 27th May

110 Jahre im Schatten von Richard Strauss’ Elektra vergessen, beeindruckte Felix Weingartners Orestie nun in einer opulenten Neuinszenierung.

****1

Anna Netrebko et Yusif Eyvazov dans Manon Lescaut à Monte-Carlo

Manon Decroix, 24th April

Pour cette dernière production de la saison lyrique monégasque, le duo propose une incarnation formidable des protagonistes de l'opéra puccinien.

****1

Tavener's Krishna fails to convince in world premiere

Nick Boston, 4th June

John Tavener's “mystical pantomime” proves a disappointment, despite strong performances from singers and orchestra in David Pountney's production.

***11

Antonia Bembo’s Ercole amante wins hearts at the Opéra de Paris

David Karlin, 2nd June

Leonardo García-Alarcón's exhumation of Bembo's work proves a winner, in a hyper-quirky staging by Netia Jones with Julie Fuchs as the pick of the fine singers.

****1

Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up

Mark Pullinger, 1st June

Amy Lane directs an intimate staging of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s 2018 chamber opera in the compact Milton Court Theatre.

****1

Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando

Eleanor Knight, 30th May

Beth Taylor gives the lows and highs of Handel's heroics an almighty, whole-body shakedown in Sinéad O'Neill’s new staging of Handel's Orlando.

***11

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John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.

Destructive dormitory passions in rare Zandonai revival in Erfurt