UK Opera – Page 8 – Seen and Heard International

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

10/03/202006/02/2020 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

The power of this performance is testament to the longevity of the Royal Opera’s La traviata

21/01/202019/12/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 17.12.2019. (CC)

Liparit Avetisyan (Alfredo) & Hrachuhi Bassenz (Violetta)
(c) Catherine Ashmore

Kunde, Jaho, and Pappano make Warner’s Otello at Covent Garden show what great opera is all about

21/01/202011/12/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 9.12.2019. (CC)

Gregory Kunde (Otello) & Ermonela Jaho (Desdemona) (c) Catherine Ashmore

A compelling RNCM Carmélites performance of great energy and spirit with no shortage of talent

21/01/202010/12/2019 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites: Soloists, RNCM Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Andrew Greenwood (conductor). Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 8.12.2019. (MC)

RNCM’s *Dialogues des Carmélites* (c) Robert Workman

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