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2014-02-14 13:41:11
Review King Priam (English Touring Opera, Linbury Theatre, Thursday 13 February 2014) King Priam – Roderick Earle Hecuba – Laure Meloy Hector – Grant Doyle Young Paris – Thomas Delgado-Little Paris – Nicholas Sharratt Andromache – Camilla Roberts Helen – Niamh Kelly Old Man – Andrew Slater Nurse – Clarissa Meek Young Guard – Adam Tunicliffe Achilles – Charne Rochford Patroclus – Piotr Lempa Hermes – Adrian Dwyer Director – James Conway Designer – Anna Fleischle Lighting Designer – Guy Hoare Michael Rosewell (Conductor) The one and only other time that I have seem King Priam was at English National Opera in the 1990s. Until that point the only music by Tippett I knew really well were A Child For Our Time and his Fantastia Concertante on a Theme by Corelli. Nothing prepared me for the music […]
2013-03-22 20:13:41
[…] the voice, and David Danholt did miracles with the near-unsingable role of Ada's human husband. He did run out of puff a couple of times - a combination of the fiendish writing and the lack of time for preparation, I suspect - but that hardly blemished a valiant contribution. Elisabeth Meister had voice and presence to spare. A little more connection with the text would have made her performance perfect. Smaller contributions from Piotr Lempa and Ben McAteer were also excellent. The (semi-professional) orchestra was another matter. In previous performances, they've stood comparison with any professionals. This time round they sounded underprepared and underrehearsed - as if they were sight reading in fact. Conductor Dominic Wheeler did a sterling job of keeping everyone together, only having to stop and restart once. The chorus weren't ideally incisive either - a few more voices and a bit more rehearsal would have […]
2012-01-13 23:09:13
[…] of concerts. After several years of largely uninspired programming, Pountney's plans strike a good balance between stuff it's worth schlepping to Cardiff for and bankable revivals. Some solid casting too. Here are the details: Autumn 2012 La bohème (Conductor: Simon Phillippo /Andrew Greenwood, Director: Annabel Arden) Cast includes: Mimi Giselle Allen /Michelle Walton, Rodolfo Alex Vicens/Shaun Dixon, Marcello David Kempster, Musetta Kate Valentine, Schaunard Gary Griffiths, Colline Piotr Lempa Così fan tutte (Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth, Director: Benjamin Davis) CAst includes: Fiordiligi Elizabeth Watts, Dorabella Cora Burggraaf, Despina Joanne Boag, Ferrando Andrew Tortise, Guglielmo Jacques Imbrailo, Don Alfonso Neal Davies Jephtha (Conductor: Paul Goodwin, Director: Katie Mitchell) Cast includes: Jephtha Robert Murray, Zebul Alan Ewing, Storage Diana Montague, Iphis Fflur Wyn, Hamor Robin Blaze Spring 2013 Lulu (Conductor: Lothar Koenigs, Director: David Pountney) Cast includes: Lulu Olga Pasichnyk, Countess Geschwitz […]
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