Catherine Wyn-Rogers News
English mezzo-soprano
- mezzo-soprano
- United Kingdom
- singer, concert singer, opera singer
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2023-10-06 11:51:00
The flower fairies are back: Cal McCrystal's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe for ENO fills the London Coliseum with colour, movement & comedy
Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe - English National Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller)Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe; Samantha Price, John Savournin, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Elli Laugharne, Marcus Farnsworth, Keel Watson, director Cal McCrystal, conductor Chris Hopkins; English National Opera at the London ColiseumReviewed 5 October 2023A sparkling revival of Cal McCrystal's first G&S at ENO proves engaging fun with strong musical performances, physical comedy and a sense of the sheer absurdity of the world Gilbert createdThe flower fairies flitted back to the London Coliseum as Cal McCrystal's 2018 production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe for English National Opera returned with many of the original cast (seen 5 October 2023). Chris Hopkins conducted with Samantha Price as Iolanthe, John Savournin as the Lord Chancellor, Catherine Wyn-Rogers as the Queen of the Fairies, Ellie Laugharne as Phyllis, Marcus Farnsworth as Strephon, Ruairi Bowen as Earl Tolloller, Ben McAteer as the Earl of Mountararat, Llio Evans as Celia, […]
2022-03-26 12:30:56
Royal Opera House; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Royal Festival Hall, London An all-star production of Britten’s opera thrilled; Soviet-era melancholy flowed through Shostakovich’s quartets; and the RPO rose to their game-changing new conductor The Royal Opera’s new Peter Grimes (1945) immediately cuts to its tragic chase. The tenor Allan Clayton, as the eponymous fisherman, rolls and flops across the bare stage like a netted halibut in its last gasp of survival. An aerialist tumbles into the deep from a suspended boat, perhaps Grimes, perhaps the boy apprentice who died on his watch. This scene of quiet horror, replacing the usual inquest, is a brilliant opening stroke by director Deborah Warner and her creative team, led by set designer Michael Levine and lighting designer Peter Mumford. Now Grimes relives the courtroom trauma in his waterlogged nightmares. This exceptional co-production, conducted at the ROH by Mark Elder, was first staged at Teatro Real, […]
2022-03-22 20:57:25
Anglais - Deborah Warner’s New Peter Grimes Has it All at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Premiering in 1945, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from George Crabbe’s eponymous narrative poem, Peter Grimes focuses on the type of outsider figure that always fascinated Benjamin Britten. Set in a nineteenth century Suffolk coastal village referred to simply as ‘the borough’, it focuses on the clash between Grimes, a hard working fisherman who dreams of wealth and respect, and a narrow-minded and repressive community who will never judge him kindly, irrespective of what he actually achieves. When Peter’s boy apprentice dies while they are at sea, an inquest rules that the death was accidental meaning he will not face trial. However, the coroner Swallow interrogates Peter quite severely before delivering his verdict, and suggests he should not get another youngster as people do not forget incidents such as this. Peter protests that he cannot make a living without one, and the schoolmistress Ellen Orford who loves him […]
2022-03-18 14:21:00
Royal Opera House Images: ROH 2022 (c) Yasuko KageyamaThe Boy (Cruz Fitz), Peter Grimes (Allan Clayton) Hobson – Stephen Richardson Swallow – John Tomlinson Peter Grimes – Allan Clayton Ned Keene – Jacque Imbrailo Rev. Horace Adams – James Gilchrist Bob Boles – John Graham-Hall Auntie – Catherine Wyn-Rogers First Niece – Jennifer France Second Niece – Alexandra Lowe Mrs Sedley – Rosie Aldridge Ellen Orford – Maria Bengtsson Bryn Terfel – Captain Balstrode The Boy – Cruz Fitz Aerialist – Jamie Higgins Deborah Warner (director)Michael Levine (set designs)Luis F. Carvalho (costumes)Peter Mumford (lighting)Kim Brandstrup (choreography)Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding) Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseMark Elder (conductor) London has proved fortunate with recent productions of Peter Grimes(and doubtless with older ones too). David Alden’s 2014 production for ENO and Willy Decker’s for the Royal Opera (in its 2011 revival) both had considerable virtues and received […]
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