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Tag Archives: Orchestra of English National Opera
Mesmerising Akhnaten returns to ENO
Glass: Akhnaten English National Opera, 11th February 2019 For the uninitiated, it’s not exactly an evening pregnant with promise: an opera largely sung in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian, without surtitles, its two hour score chugging through obsessive ostinatos of A … Continue reading
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Tagged Akhnaten, Angharad Lyddon, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Bruno Poet, Charlotte Beament, Chorus of English National Opera, Colin Judson, English National Opera, Glass, Hazel McBain, James Cleverton, Karen Kamensek, Katie Stevenson, Keel Watson, Kevin Pollard, Martha Jones, Orchestra of English National Opera, Phelim McDermott, Rebecca Bottone, Rosie Lomas, Tom Pye, Zachary James
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Superb Yulia Stepanova takes flight to save St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s drab Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake *** St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Coliseum, 25th August 2018 The sets are dowdy and the creased moon looks like a crinkle-cut crisp, but beggars can’t be choosers. Without a Mariinsky or Bolshoi Ballet tour this summer, London … Continue reading
Lady of the Lake: Australian Ballet’s Swan Lake glides back to London
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake *** The Australian Ballet, Coliseum, 14th July 2016 “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” Princess Diana’s wry words resonate in Graeme Murphy’s reworking of Swan Lake for The Australian Ballet, premiered in 2002 seven … Continue reading
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Tagged Ako Kondo, Graeme Murphy, Kevin Jackson, Leanne Stojmenov, Nicolette Fraillon, Orchestra of English National Opera, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky, The Australian Ballet
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Flawed casting in Minghella’s widescreen Butterfly at ENO
Puccini: Madama Butterfly *** English National Opera, 16th May 2016 Anthony Minghella’s 2005 staging of Madam Butterfly remains a hit with ENO’s audience. A combination of Japanese lacquer and Hollywood gloss make for a stylish production, opulently costumed by Han … Continue reading
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Tagged Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Anthony Minghella, Chorus of English National Opera, David Butt Philip, English National Opera, George Von Bergen, Madama Butterfly, Matthew Durkan, Orchestra of English National Opera, Puccini, Rena Harms, Richard Armstrong, Samantha Price, Stephanie Windsor-Lewis
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