UK Opera – Page 60 – Seen and Heard International

For all of its cleverness, Barry’s The Intelligence Park leaves one unsatisfied

10/10/201929/09/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Gerald Barry, The Intelligence Park: Soloists, London Sinfonietta / Jessica Cottis (conductor). The Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 28.9.2019. (CC)

Gerald Barry’s *The Intelligence Park* (c) Clive Barda

Virtuosity from DiDonato but Kosky’s Agrippina is puzzling and contradictory

04/02/202425/09/2019 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Handel, Agrippina: Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 23.9.2019. (AK)

Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina) and Nerone (Franco Fagioli) © Bill Cooper

An interesting WNO Carmen in which the women outshine the men

10/10/201924/09/2019 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.9.2019. (GPu)

Virginie Verrez (Carmen) and Dimitri Pattas (Don José)
(c) Bill Cooper

Mascagni and Wolf-Ferrari double bill is a great success at the Lammermuir Festival

29/09/201922/09/2019 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival [2] – Mascagni, Zanetto & Wolf-Ferrari, Susanna’s Secret: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera / David Parry (conductor). St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington, 21.9.2019. (SRT)

Richard Burkhard (Count Gil) and Clare Presland (Countess Susanna)
in *Susanna’s Secret* (c) Sally Jubb Photography

Thanks to Juan Diego Flórez and Edward Gardner Covent Garden’s rare Werther revival should not be missed

03/10/202020/09/2019 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 17.9.2019. (JPr)

Juan Diego Flórez (Werther) and Isabel Leonard (Charlotte) (c) Catherine Ashmore

A rather tired Don Giovanni opens the Royal Opera’s new season

29/09/201917/09/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 16.9.2019. (CC)

Brindley Sherratt (Commendatore) in *Don Giovanni*
(c) Mark Douet

Elaine McKrill and Jonathan Stoughton impress in Saffron Opera Group’s exciting and engrossing Tristan und Isolde

29/09/201916/09/2019 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (concert performance): Saffron Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Thorne (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, 15.9.2019. (JPr)

(l-r) Elaine McKrill (Isolde), Michael Thorne (conductor) & Jonathan Stoughton (Tristan)
with the Saffron Opera Group Orchestra (c) Roger King

Radius Opera premieres Benjamin’s The Fire of Olympus in Burnley

29/09/201916/09/2019 by Rob Barnett

United Kingdom Tim Benjamin’s The Fire of Olympus (or, On Sticking It To The Man): Soloists and Orchestra (harpsichord: Alex Robinson) of Radius Opera / Ellie Slorach (conductor). Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley, 14.9.2019 (RBa)

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