Tag Archives: Heather Lowe

Monsters of the mind: Idomeneo at the Buxton Festival

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Mozart: Idomeneo *** Buxton Festival, 8th July 2018 When Martin Kušej staged Idomeneo at the Royal Opera back in 2014, his use of a rubber shark to represent the sea monster in Mozart’s opera seria drew a fair amount of derision. Stephen Medcalf, in his new … Continue reading →

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Love in a cold climate: rare Rimsky-Korsakov opera revived by Opera North

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden *** Opera North, Grand Theatre, Leeds, 21st January 2017 Always winter, never spring. No, not Narnia, but The Snow Maiden, Alexander Ostrovsky’s 1873 fairy tale, rooted in Russian folklore, in which Snegurochka, daughter of Father Frost … Continue reading →

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Nuns on the run: laughs aplenty in Chelsea Opera’s Le Comte Ory

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Rossini: Le Comte Ory *** Chelsea Opera Group, 25th June 2016 Whether fortuitous or sly programming, all three operas performed by Chelsea Opera Group this season have featured nuns: Isabella, propositioned in Wagner’s early comedy Das Liebesverbot; Leonora, about to … Continue reading →

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