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Tag Archives: Simon Butteriss
Hot ice and strange snow: an unseasonal return for Carsen’s bed-hopping Dream
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream **** English National Opera, 1st March 2018 Heading to the Coliseum for A Midsummer Night’s Dream amid snow and ice is a disconcerting prospect – “hot ice and strange snow” indeed. Forget wild thyme blowing and substitute … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alexander Soddy, Andri Björn Róbertsson, Britten, Christopher Ainslie, Clare Presland, David Webb, Eleanor Dennis, Emma Carrington, English National Opera, Graeme Danby, Jonathan Lemalu, Joshua Bloom, Matthew Durkan, Michael Levine, Miltos Yerolemou, Robert Carsen, Robert Murray, Simon Butteriss, Soraya Mafi, Timothy Robinson
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A silvery Dream lost among the shadows: Britten at the Aldeburgh Festival
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream **** Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival, 12th June 2017 Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an opera swathed in a sensual, yet sinister score, conjured from a tiny ensemble where Oberon’s fairy kingdom is evoked by glistening glockenspiel, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Britten, Clare Presland, Clive Bayley, Eleanor Dennis, George Humphreys, Iestyn Davies, Jack Lansbury, Lawrence Wiliford, Leah-Marian Jones, Matthew Rose, Netia Jones, Nicholas Sharratt, Nick Pritchard, Ryan Wigglesworth, Simon Butteriss, Sion Goronwy, Sophie Bevan
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A heroine on heroin: ENO’s cold Bohème lacks heart
Puccini: La bohème ** English National Opera, 16th October 2015 Did anyone hear sobbing? La bohème is one of the great operatic tear-jerkers, yet Benedict Andrews’ new production for English National Opera, previously seen in Amsterdam, left me dry-eyed. Judging by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashley Riches, Benedict Andrews, Corinne Winters, Duncan Rock, English National Opera, Johannes Schütz, La bohème, Rhian Lois, Simon Butteriss, Xian Zhang, Zach Borichevsky
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