| English National Opera - La Forza del Destino Reviews | 18 April 2024 |
Tamara Wilson (Donna Leonora)
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Gwyn Hughes Jones (Don Alvaro), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Don Carlo di Vargas)
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Anthony Michaels-Moore (Don Carlo di Vargas)
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La Forza del DestinoEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 17 | |
Zona nacional |
 23 Nov 15 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
When the curtain rises on a Calixto Bieito production you instinctively brace |
| 19 Nov 15 / New Statesman |
Calixto Bieito estrena una nova producció de 'La forza del destino' ambientada en la Guerra Civil |
| 19 Nov 15 / El cronista errant |
Bieito presents many arresting moments but they are not connected by a sustained dramatic thread |
| 16 Nov 15 / Opera Today |
The Force of Destiny is a triumph but could be better |
| 14 Nov 15 / Express |
Despite high musical values Calixto Bieito does not feel The Force at the London Coliseum |
| 14 Nov 15 / Seen and Heard |
That Force of Destiny isn’t a great evening is the fault of Verdi not ENO |
| 12 Nov 15 / The Spectator |
Indisputably powerful |
| 11 Nov 15 / Telegraph |
No one is spared in Bieito’s bleak vision of Verdi |
| 11 Nov 15 / The Guardian |
A new star shines in English National Opera's sombre staging of La forza del destino |
| 11 Nov 15 / What's on Stage |
Hard-hitting and tremendously powerful |
| 11 Nov 15 / Evening Standard |
This Force of Destiny is a force to be reckoned with |
| 11 Nov 15 / Classical Source |
Despite its excess of emotion, Calixto Bieito’s production lacks warmth |
| 11 Nov 15 / Financial Times |
Despite some strong performances and creditable vocal delivery, this was often an unfulfilling evening |
| 11 Nov 15 / Opera Britannia |
The dark power of the staging provides a vehicle for some outstanding singing |
| 11 Nov 15 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Guernica’s destiny |
| 11 Nov 15 / The Critics' Circle |
Barbed wire and gruel: cold comfort in ENO’s Force of Destiny |
| 10 Nov 15 / Bachtrack |
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'My operatic world beyond Carmen'
The Israeli mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham is in London for her debut at English National Opera, appearing in a new production of Verdi's The Force of Destiny, but the world knows her best as Bizet's Carmen.
The Israeli mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham is in London for her debut at English National Opera, appearing in a new production of Verdi's The Force of Destiny, but the world knows her best as Bizet's Carmen.
Calixto Bieito
Opera director on the inspiration behind his bloody new take on Verdi's 'The Force of Destiny' for English National Opera.
Opera director on the inspiration behind his bloody new take on Verdi's 'The Force of Destiny' for English National Opera.
Production details
Cast
Best, Wilson, Michaels-Moore, Jones, Shaham, Creswell, Shore, Presland, Folwell, Dwyer
(c) Wigglesworth (d) Bieito
Performance dates
9, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 November, 2, 4 December 2015
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