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The flower fairies are back: Cal McCrystal's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe for ENO fills the London Coliseum with colour, movement & comedy
[…] - Ruairi Bowen, Ben McAteer - English National Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller)It wouldn't by McCrystal without the craziness. You could object to the stage hands and property sheep pulling focus as Marcus Farnsworth and Ellie Laugharne sang Strephon and Phyllis' Act One duet, a lovely number, engagingly sung. But it was very funny and Farnsworth and Laugharne both have strong enough musical characters and stage presence to cope. There are three extra characters. The fairy Fleta (Petra Massey) and the Lord Chancellor's page (Adam Brown), both of whom got involved in physical theatre, plus Clive Mantle as Captain Shaw, the Victorian fire officer, whose contributions were, I think, meant to be funny but whose opening peroration had just a little too much 'vamp till ready' for my taste.There was also a lot of flying. Impressively Catherine Wyn-Rogers' Fairy Queen not only flew but sang at the same time, and all […]
2018-02-14 09:17:26
Topsy-turvy fun: Cal McCrystal directs G&S's Iolanthe
[…] opened at English National Opera at the London Coliseum on Tuesday 13 February 2018. Conducted by Timothy Henty, the production featured a strong cast with Samantha Price as Iolanthe, Andrew Shore as the Lord Chancellor, Yvonne Howard as the Queen of the Fairies, Ellie Laugharne as Phyllis, Marcus Farnsworth as Strephon, Ben Johnson as the Earl Tolloller, Ben McAteer as the Earl of Mountararat, Llio Evans as Celia, Joanne Appleby as Leila, Flick Fernando as Fleta, Barnaby Rea as Private Willis, Richard Leeming as the page boy and Clive Mantle as Captain Shaw. Lighting was by Tim Mitchell, choreography by Lizzi Gee and additional material written by Toby Davies and Cal McCrystal. Marcus Farnsworth, Ellie Laugharne & sheep - ENO (Photo Clive Barda) The run of G&S operettas which I mentioned above has another thing in common, all of them (more or less) take the pieces seriously […]
2016-12-28 15:32:52
Fifty shades of Piotr
Happy 50th birthday tenor Piotr Beczala. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG5zK7GBXwQ Born on this day in 1893 tenor Miguel Fleta. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYJl1B-b3tU Born on this day in 1896 composer Roger Sessions. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZRAEptKltc On this day in 1910 Engelbert Humperdinck‘s “other” opera Königskinder premiered at the Met. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=K83t9C7vi2k Born on this day in 1913 baritone Paolo Silveri. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwYwkeuDsP0 Happy 79th birthday soprano Rita Orlandi Malaspina. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcN3dfBQ3nY On this day in 1944 the Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comden-Adolph Green musical On the Town premiered on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PIlTlJv8UE And from yesterday, December 27, 2016: Born on this day in 1888 tenor Tito Schipa. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=d83ODZFFP04 Born on this day in 1892 soprano and teacher Elvira de Hidalgo. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1bO8iEFulU Born on this day in 1897 soprano Augusta Oltrabella. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNMzQGrlKXY Born on this day in 1901 actress Marlene Dietrich. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2fVyYfdTk Happy 73rd birthday director Giancarlo Del Monaco. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wq83W8cSDo Happy 70th birthday […]
2016-10-31 16:21:39
The Minnesanger of Seville
[…] was going to sing to it so beautifully, but nothing showed up. This was a simple, special-effect poor production. But pretty stage pictures count for much in the present day and age. About fifteen minutes south of Seville, on the train to Cadiz, one passes a modern suburb with street names visible from the train. With an idle eye I read them, and did not at first notice they were all familiar names: Calle Miguel Fleta, Avenida Ipolito Lazaro, Pilar Lorengar, Placido Domingo, Teresa Berganza, Jose Carreras. By now I was sitting up. I did not see Caballe, De los Angeles or Kraus, but I daresay they are the main avenues in the center of town. It is charming to know so grand a national tradition is honored here.
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