Tag Archives: Diana Montague

Seeing double: Kasper Holten’s Eugene Onegin returns to Covent Garden

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin **** The Royal Opera, 19th December 2015 The question I’d longed to ask Kasper Holten when his 2013 Royal Opera staging of Eugene Onegin opened was: if you’d had a younger soprano cast as Tatyana, would you … Continue reading →

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Sumptuously designed, but is this Rigoletto a ‘keeper’?

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Rigoletto *** English National Opera, 13th February 2014 The final revival in 2009 of Jonathan Miller’s Little Italy mafioso production of Rigoletto, a classic at English National Opera since it opened in 1982, was my first Opera Britannia review. … Continue reading →

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Kasper Holten’s fresh perspective on Eugene Onegin

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin **** Royal Opera, 4th February 2013 The Royal Opera House is devoted solely to Tchaikovsky at present, with thirteen consecutive performances of Onegin playing on the Covent Garden stage. In a neat flourish of double programming, Tchaikovsky’s … Continue reading →

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