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2021-11-30 10:18:55
Herr Arnes penningar: Göteborg Opera revives rarely performed opera by 20th century Swedish composer Gösta Nystroem
[…] win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the novel tells a somewhat macabre story, a riveting tale of murder, stolen treasure and ill-fated love set in the bleak and supernatural wintery landscape of the medieval Gothenburg region. Nystroem's output includes six symphonies, concertos, chamber music and songs, but Herr Arnes penningar seems to be his only opera. The production will be directed by Mattias Ermedahl and conducted by Patrik Ringborg with a cast including Julia Sporsen, and it debuts on 19 February 2022. Full details from the Göteborg Opera website.
2021-07-25 09:07:15
Janacek's forest could easily be on a London estate around the corner from the theatre: The Cunning Little Vixen at Opera Holland Park
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen - Jennifer France - Opera Holland Park, 2021 (Photo Ali Wright) Janacek The Cunning Little Vixen; Jennifer France, Grant Doyle, Julia Sporsen, dir: Stephen Barlow, City of London Sinfonia, cond: Jessica Cottis; Opera Holland Park Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 23 July 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) An imaginative yet stripped down production in which Janacek's music is allowed to work its magicOpera Holland Park's new production of Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen continued the company's exploration of Janacek's operas, and we caught up with the production on Friday 23 July 2021. Jessica Cottis conducted the City of London Sinfonia in Jonathan Dove's orchestral reduction, and Stephen Barlow's production featured Jennifer France as the Vixen, Grant Doyle as the Forester, Julia Sporsen as the Fox plus Ann Taylor (Forester's Wife, Owl), Charne Rochford (Schoolmaster, Mosquito), John Savournin (Priest, Badger), and Ashley Riches (Poacher). […]
2021-07-17 12:43:00
The Cunning Little Vixen, Opera Holland Park, 13 July 2021
Images: Ali WrightVixen (Jennifer France) and Fox (Julia Sporsén) Vixen – Jennifer France Fox – Julia Sporsén Forester – Grant Doyle Forester’s Wife, Owl – Ann Taylor Schoolmaster, Mosquito – Charne Rochford Priest, Badger – John Savournin Harašta – Ashley Riches Chocholka – Harriet Eyley Lapák – Natasha Agarwal Jay, Rooster – Grace Nyandoro Woodpecker – Chloë Pardoe Innkeeper – Phillip Costovski Innkeeper’s Wife – Yolanda Grant-Thompson Pepík – Alys Mererid Roberts Frantík – Claire Ward Frog – Daniel White Caterpillar—Toby Yates Grasshopper – Ben Jardim Young Vixen – Estella Charlesworth Stephen Barlow (director) Andrew D. Edwards (designs) Rory Beaton (lighting) Sarita Piotrowski (choreography, movement) Opera Holland Park Chorus (chorus master: Dominic Ellis-Peckham) City of London Sinfonia Jessica Cottis (conductor) Forester (Grant Doyle), Schoolmaster (Charne Rochford) Our present condition lends us, perhaps more than ever, to think of what has led us here, how […]
2021-02-19 10:05:16
A leap of imagination: Opera Holland Park's 2021 season in a reconfigured auditorium features four new productions, diverse casts, operatic rarities and young artists
[…] as Cherubino. This year's rarity is Mascagni's L'amico Fritz, his best known opera after Cavalleria Rusticana, but one which does not get much of an outing in the UK. Beatrice Venezi conducts, Adele Thomas directs, with cast including Kiandra Howarth, Paul Carey Jones, Kezia Bienek, Themba Mvula and Rose Stachniewska. The final new production is Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, directed by Stephen Barlow and conducted by Jessica Cottis, with Jennifer France, Harriet Eyley, Julia Sporsen, Grant Doyle, Ann Taylor, Charne Rochford, John Savournin, and Chuma Sieja. Verdi: La Traviata - Alison Langer, Stephen AvissOpera Holland Park 2018 (Photo Robert Workman) Each year, Opera Holland Park presents a young artists performance, giving young singers the chance to perform in the leading roles in one of the season's productions. This year it is The Marriage of Figaro and because of the theatre's reduced capaticy there will be four […]
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