‘Wozzeck’, English National Opera – review by Julia Pascal.
Carrie Cracknell updates this 1925 German opera to modern Britain and it is a triumph.
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L’elisir d’amore
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs enjoys a Pop-Up Opera performance at St Mary’s church, Islington
The Passenger at The English National Opera – Julia Pascal
The Passenger English National Opera (until 25 October) Yes it is shocking to set an opera in Auschwitz. It shouldn’t work. But it does. David Pountney’s startling production of Mieczylaw Weinberg’s 1968 The Passenger breaks new ground.
Manifest Destiny 2011
Adam Spreadbury-Maher, Dominic Haddock and Roxanne Peak-Payne present … OperaUpClose – the 2011 Olivier Award winning opera company – brings you Manifest Destiny 2011
Performing Arts reviews (to February 2012)
A London Grip scroll-down archive of reviews of music, drama and dance events …
‘The Death Of Klinghoffer’ at the E.N.O. – review by Julia Pascal.
The man with a placard was standing on the Coliseum steps. “This is the story of a disabled man murdered by terrorists because he was a Jew. Have a nice evening.” I half expected protests from the stalls but there were none. The evening promises to be controversial.
‘The Tales Of Hoffman’ at the E.N.O. – review by Julia Pascal
It’s the Chinese box effect. Jacques Offenbach’s fantastical opera, based on three stories by German absurdist writer ETA Hoffman, also has an imaginary ‘Hoffman’ in the scenario.