British Youth Opera - The Vanishing Bridegroom Reviews
16 April 2024
Ian Beadle (The Husband)
Ensemble
Ida Ränzlöv (The Daughter)
Alexandra Lowe (The Bride)

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The Vanishing Bridegroom

British Youth Opera


No. of reviews: 9

An ideal showcase for graduating young singers
12 Sep 17 / Independent
Judith Weir's ingenious folk opera in concise BYO revival
12 Sep 17 / The Guardian
Potential opera stars seize their moment in The Vanishing Bridegroom and Don Giovanni
10 Sep 17 / The Guardian
The Vanishing Bridegroom makes a mysterious opera
8 Sep 17 / National Business Review
Stuart Barker’s production keeps close to the stories’ nineteenth-century, repressive morality
8 Sep 17 / Classical Source
Valiantly performed
5 Sep 17 / The Stage
This production of Judith Weir’s 1990 opera has a salty, soulful energy
5 Sep 17 / The Times
A commendable all-round achievement
4 Sep 17 / Evening Standard
For all its wit and ingenuity, the score never quite delivers
4 Sep 17 / Telegraph
Production details
Cast
Slavin, Cunningham, Swindells, Orme, Edlin, Lowe, Horton, Kaye, Beadle, Robbins, McCaffrey, Hamilton, Singh, Sanderson-Nash, Birchall, Griffiths, Lowe, Beadle, Horton, Edlin
(c) Holmes (d) Barker
Performance dates
2, 6, 8 September 2017
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