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A terrific sense of relish: Charles Court Opera's new version of The Mikado delights at the Arcola Theatre
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado - Charles Court Opera (Photo: Bill Knight)Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado; Matthew Palmer, Robin Bailey, Matthew Kellett, Matthew Siveter, Alys Roberts, Meriel Cunningham, Jennifer Clark, Amy J Payne, director: John Savournin, musical director: David Eaton; Charles Court Opera at the Arcola TheatreReviewed 20 September 2023Gilbert & Sullivan's classic delivered with consummate skill and artistry, great pacing and a terrific sense of relish, in a new setting bringing out the innate Englishness of the workFor an operetta, The Mikado is quite a complex, multi-layered piece and part of the work's endurance comes from the fact that all the pieces fit. There is no sense, as there can be with The Gondoliers, of two different works playing simultaneously. At the core of The Mikado is Gilbert's usual topsy-turvey-dom, here a condemned criminal placed as Lord High Executioner to foil the the Mikado's cruel edict, and the Mikado's […]
2019-11-06 16:45:00
The Bassarids, Komische Oper, 5 November 2019
Images: Monika Rittershaus Dionysus – Sean Panikkar Pentheus – Günter Papendell Cadmus – Jens Larsen Tiresias – Ivan Turšić Captain – Tom Erik Lie Agave – Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Autonoe – Marisol Montalvo, Vera-Lotte Boecker Beroe – Margarita Nekrasova Dancers – Azzurra Adinolfi, Alessandra Bizzarri, Damian Czarnecki, Michael Fernandez, Paul Gerritsen, Claudia Greco, Christoph Jonas, Csaba Nagy, Sara Pamploni, Lorenzo Soragni Barrie Kosky (director) Otto Pichler (choreography) Katrin Lea Tag (designs) Ulrich Lenz (dramaturgy) Franck Evin (lighting) Vocalconsort Berlin Chorus of the Komische Oper, Berlin (chorus director: David Cavelius) Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) I have been privileged to see – and hear – three excellent performances and productions of The Bassarids; I have also been privileged to attend many excellent performances and productions at the Komische Oper. In both respects, this new production by Barrie Kosky, […]
2019-04-09 06:11:02
Barrie Kosky’s stylish production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide at Komische Opera was carefully crafted and performed by a superb cast
Bernstein: Candide - Anne Sofie von Otter - Komische Oper, Berlin (Photo Monika Ritttershaus) Bernstein Candide; Paul Curievici, Meechot Marrero, Anne Sofie von Otter, dir: Barry Kosky, cond: Jordan de Souza; Komische Oper, Berlin Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 3 April 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A work that seems to defy categorisation, Bernstein’s Candide needs to be more widely known and, hopefully, this production will help towards that goalKomische Oper’s artistic director, Barrie Kosky, scored with a brilliant and entertaining production of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story and followed it up by a brand-new production of Bernstein’s lesser-known (but intriguing) operetta, Candide (seen 3 April 2019). A fast-paced piece, it centres round the question: ‘Why do bad things happen to good people?’ I have often pondered that myself! Paul Curievici was Candide, with Meechot Marrero as Cunégonde, Franz Hawlata as Voltaire/Dr Pangloss and […]
2019-04-07 09:05:17
Andreas Homoki directed a stylish production of Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady, a musical bridging Low Life and High Life, often referred to as ‘The Perfect Musical’
Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady - Komische Oper, Berlin (Photo Iko Freese) Lerner & Loewe My Fair Lady; Max Hopp, Katharine Mehrling, dir: Andreas Homoki, cond: Peter Christian Feigel; Komische Oper, Berlin Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 2 April 2019 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) Defying the generation gap, My Fair Lady proved a winner all the way to the finishing line Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady Komische Oper, Berlin (Photo Iko Freese) Max Hopp - coming fresh from the starring role of Tevje the milkman in Fiddler on the Roof - put in a commanding and athletic performance as the eccentric professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins, in this welcome revival of Komische Oper’s 2015 production of Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady (dubbed ‘The Perfect Musical’) based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, directed […]