Partenope, Handel – ENO, 3/12/25

William Cole, Conductor; Christopher Alden, Director; Andrew Lieberman, Set Designer; Jon Morrell, Costume Designer; Adam Silverman, Lighting Designer. Nardus Williams, Partenope; Hugh Cutting, Arsace; Ru Charlesworth, Emilio; Jake Ingbar, Armindo; Katie Bray, Rosmira; William Thomas, Ormonte This Christopher Alden ENO production dates back to 2008 in a co-production with Opera Australia.. The production, set inContinue reading “Partenope, Handel – ENO, 3/12/25”

Dead Man Walking, Heggie – ENO – 4/11/25

Christine Rice, Sister Helen Prejean; Michael Mayes, Joseph De Rocher; Sarah Connolly, Mrs Patrick De Rocher; Madeline Boreham, Sister Rose; Andrew Manea, Warden George Benton; Ronald Samm, Father Grenville; Gweneth Ann Rand, Kitty Hart; Jacques Imbrailo, Owen Hart.  Kerem Hasan, Conductor; Annilese Miskimmon, Director, Alex Eales, Set Designer, Evie Gurney, Costume Designer; D.M. Wood, LightingContinue reading “Dead Man Walking, Heggie – ENO – 4/11/25”

La Cenerentola, Rossini. ENO, London Coliseum, 9/10/25

Yi-Chen Lin, Conductor; Julia Burbach, Director; Herbert Murauer, Set Designer; Sussie Juhlin-Wallén, Costume Designer; Malcolm Rippeth, Lighting Designer.  Deepa Johnny, Angelina; Simon Bailey, Don Magnifico; David Ireland, Alidoro; Grace Durham, Tisbe; Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Don Ramiro; Charles Rice, Dandini; Isabelle Peters, Clorinda It’s over 50 years since I last saw Cenerentola, and then it was alsoContinue reading “La Cenerentola, Rossini. ENO, London Coliseum, 9/10/25”