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Reviews of the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company at Buxton
[…] and Rachel Speirs (the latter stepping up from chorus duties to take the role on 5 August) portray her sisters, the young princesses Nekaya and Kalyba as feisty young ladies with their own ideas … an aspect of Gilbert’s young heroines that’s increasingly drawn on these days. Where Clarke really gets into his stride is the early part of Act Two, with nice touches from lighting designer Matt Cater for a night-time setting, and Anthony Flaum, as Captain Fitzbattleaxe of the First Life Guards (who we soon learn is Princess Zara’s love interest as well as security detail), is very funny as the romantic tenor singer who’s never quite able to deliver when he’s not in the mood. That’s soon followed by a song for the British gentlemen who represent the “Flowers of Progress” – complete with visual props, a mock encore and present-day references to the NHS and fuel […]
2021-12-06 10:07:06
Zest and energy: New Sussex Opera revives Offenbach's La princesse de Trébizonde
Offenbach: La princesse de Trébizonde - Meriel Cunningham, Mark Saberton, Anthony Flaum, Miriam Sharrad - New Sussex Opera (Photo Robert Knights) Offenbach La princesse de Trébizonde; Mark Saberton, Chiara Vinci, Meriel Cunningham, Anthony Flaum, Miriam Sharrad, Peter Martin, Giles Davies, Paul Featherstone, dir: Anthony Baker, cond: Toby Purser, St Paul's Sinfonia; New Sussex Opera at Britten Theatre Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 December 2021 A revival of an Offenbach rarity proves to be delightful yet madcap evening in the theatre.New Sussex Opera has returned to live performance with another of its explorations of unaccountably neglected opera. We caught the final performance, at the Britten Theatre at the Royal Academy of Music on Sunday 5 December 2021 of New Sussex Opera's production of Offenbach's La princesse de Trébizonde, directed and designed by Anthony Baker, conducted by Toby Purser with Mark Saberton as Cabriolo, Chiara Vinci as Zanetta, Meriel Cunningham […]
2019-12-30 08:33:35
2019 in concert and opera reviews
[…] made its mark too, with Fulham Opera's memorable Die Meistersinger and Das Rheingold at Grimeborn, whilst on a larger scale Tony Cooper visited Bayreuth and caught The Ring at the Berlin Staatsoper. Striking Britten productions included Death in Venice and Billy Budd at Covent Garden, and The Turn of the Screw marked the last ever production at Bury Court Opera, they will be sorely missed. Offenbach: La belle Helene - Catherine Backhouse, Anthony Flaum - New Sussex OperaPhoto Robert Knights Our 2019 opera selection: Death in Venice returned: the Royal Opera's first production in over 25 years of Britten's final opera rightly showcased tenor Mark Padmore's brilliant portrayal of the writer A remarkable reinvention: Verdi's Don Carlos in French in Flanders Oh that all opera bouffe could be delivered with such panache: Offenbach's La Belle Hélène from New Sussex Opera (Anthony) Magic realism, politics and terrific […]
2019-12-09 08:06:00
Oh that all opera bouffe could be delivered with such panache: Offenbach's La Belle Hélène from New Sussex Opera
Offenbach: La belle Helene - Catherine Backhouse, Anthony Flaum - New Sussex OperaPhoto Robert Knights Offenbach La Belle Hélène; Hannah Pedley, Anthony Flaum, Robert Gildon, Paul Featherstone, Charles Johnston, Jennifer Clark, Catherine Backhouse, dir: Jeff Clarke, cond: Toby Purser; New Sussex Opera Reviewed by Anthony Evans on 5 December 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) The whole evening was a delight: Offenbach's operetta in a delightful new productionNew Sussex Opera chose to mark the two hundredth anniversary of Offenbach’s birth with a production of La Belle Hélène and for the first time has collaborated with another company Opera della Luna, this year celebrating its 25th anniversary. Having begun its run in Lewes, on Thursday 5 December it rocked up at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. Hannah Pedley was the Queen of Sparta, she of the fatal beauty, and Anthony Flaum was Paris come to claim his prize. Paul […]
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