A triple bill of operas: Il segreto di Susanna by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari; Zanetto by Pietro Mascagni; Rita by Gaetano Donizetti. Presented by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama at the Barbican Silk Street Theatre in times of Covid-19. Without an audience, the seating removed to make space for a socially distanced orchestra of fifty players. The production was live-streamed. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Opera
Un ballo in maschera – Oldenburg
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, presented by Oldenburgisches Staatstheater in December 2019. Continue reading
La Cucina & Adina – Wexford
A double bill of linked one-act operas – La Cucina by Andrew Synnott and Adina by Gioachino Rossini. Presented at Wexford Festival Opera in the 2019 season. Continue reading
Dorilla in Tempe – Wexford
A melodramma eroico pastorale in three acts by composer Antonio Vivaldi, presented by Wexford Festival Opera in the 2019 season. Continue reading
Don Quichotte – Wexford
Opera by Jules Massenet, presented by Wexford Festival Opera in the 2019 season. Continue reading
Un ballo in maschera – London
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, presented by Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2019. Continue reading
Lucia di Lammermoor – Hedeland
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti. Presented in the Hedeland open air amphitheatre August 2018.
“The scenography of Simon Corder fits perfectly” – Henriette Devantier – Ungt Teaterblod, 6 August 2018. Continue reading
Guillaume Tell – Melbourne
Opera by Gioachino Rossini. Presented as ‘William Tell’ by Victorian Opera at The Palais Theatre St. Kilda, Melbourne, July 2018.
“… with such an effusion of stage smoke that it’s a wonder anyone could sing.” – Patricia Maunder, ArtsHub, 16 July 2018. Continue reading
La Traviata – London
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Presented at Opera Holland Park in the summer of 2018. Continue reading
Ariadne auf Naxos – Gothenburg
Opera by Richard Strauss. Presented by Göteborg Opera in 2018. Continue reading