Tag Archives: Rosie Aldridge

Great Britten: Death in Venice returns to Covent Garden in superb new staging

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Britten: Death in Venice Royal Opera, 21st November 2019 “Britten doesn’t sell.” Until Deborah Warner’s impressive production of Billy Budd last April, The Royal Opera hadn’t put any Britten on the main stage since Richard Jones’ (admittedly naff) Gloriana in … Continue reading →

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Alwyn’s Miss Julie rescued from the operatic desert

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Alwyn: Miss Julie Oramo/ BBCSO, Barbican, 3rd october 2019 “Crazy, utterly crazy!” No, not Miss Julie’s outrageous behaviour, dancing and cavorting with the servants on Midsummer’s Eve, but that William Alwyn’s operatic take on August Strindberg’s play could have been … Continue reading →

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ENO’s new Magic Flute mixes high-tech with simple stagecraft

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Mark Pullinger

Mozart: The Magic Flute **** English National Opera, 7th November 2013 For all the risk-taking in the operatic world, productions which are guaranteed bums-on-seats bankers are like Nibelung gold. To scrap not one but two such productions is a brave … Continue reading →

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