UK Opera – Page 10 – Seen and Heard International

Handel’s Susanna returns to Covent Garden after 271 years in an enjoyable staging

23/05/202007/03/2020 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Handel, Susanna, HWV 66: Soloists, members of the Royal Opera Chorus, London Handel Orchestra / Patrick Milne (conductor). Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 5.3.2020. (CC)

Strong soloists, chorus, and orchestra are the pluses of Scottish Opera’s Nixon in China

23/05/202001/03/2020 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Adams, Nixon in China: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Joana Carneiro (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 29.2.2020. (SRT)

Hye-Youn Lee (Madame Mao Tse-tung) & Julia Sporsén (Pat Nixon) in *Nixon in China*
(c) James Glossop

ENO’s wonderful singers compensate for a disordered modern dress Luisa Miller

30/03/202021/02/2020 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Verdi, Luisa Miller: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Alexander Joel (conductor). London Coliseum, 19.2.2020 (JPr)

Elizabeth Llewellyn (Luisa) and Soloman Howard (Wurm) (c) Tristram Kenton

Valiant attempt but WNO’s new Les vȇpres siciliennes can’t quite persuade one of its merits

30/03/202012/02/2020 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Verdi, Les vȇpres siciliennes: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.2.2020. (GPu)

Wotjek Gierlach (Jean Procida), Anush Hovhannisyan (Helene) & Jung Soo Yun (Henri)
(c) Johan Persson

Strength of ensemble in the casting is a defining factor of this ENO Carmen revival

10/03/202009/02/2020 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Pupils from Ark Academy, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Valentina Peleggi (conductor). London Coliseum, 7.3.2020. (CC)

Justina Gringyté (Carmen) & Sean Panikkar (José) © Richard Hubert Smith

Gerald Barry’s kaleidoscopic Alice’s Adventures pushes musical boundaries at Covent Garden

06/11/202106/02/2020 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Gerald Barry, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Thomas Adès (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 4.2.2020. (JPr)

*Alice’s Adventures Under Ground* with Jennifer France (Alice)
(c) Clive Barda

Royal Opera’s revival of La bohème sees Puccini emerge triumphant at Covent Garden

24/02/202022/01/2020 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Tiffin Boys’ Choir and Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 21.1.2020. (CC)

Charles Castronovo (Rodolfo) & Sonya Yoncheva (Mimì) © Tristram Kenton

David Lang’s contemporary re-take on Fidelio fails to convince at the Barbican

24/02/202013/01/2020 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom David Lang, prisoner of the state (European premiere): Soloists, BBC Singers, Students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.1.2020. (CC)

Jarrett Ott (The Prisoner), Alan Oke (The Governor) Julie Mathevet (The Assistant)
(c) BBC/Mark Allan

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