Tag Archives: Anna Devin

Biblical spectacle: an eye-popping, heart-stopping Saul for Glyndebourne’s Tour

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Handel: Saul **** Glyndebourne on Tour, 27th October 2015 I admit to having been one of the doubters. When the 2015 Glyndebourne Festival programme was announced, my eyebrows drifted heavenward at the inclusion of Handel’s Saul. Why stage an oratorio when … Continue reading →

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A second helping for Carsen’s delicious Falstaff at the Royal Opera

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Falstaff ***** Royal Opera, 6th July 2015 If “all the world’s a jest”, as Sir John Falstaff claims at the end of Verdi’s final operatic masterpiece, then we need players – and directors – with a sense of frivolity. … Continue reading →

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Eyes wide open: a shocker of a Rusalka at the Royal Opera

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Mark Pullinger

Dvořák: Rusalka  ** The Royal Opera, 27th February 2012 Rusalka is simply too good an opera to have waited until 2012 for its first staging by The Royal Opera. Dvořák’s fairy tale about the water nymph who falls in love … Continue reading →

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