English National Opera - Don Giovanni Reviews | 18 April 2024 |
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Don GiovanniEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 21 |
Knave of trumps |
11 Oct 16 / The Critics' Circle |
A brutal new Don Giovanni turns heads at ENO |
10 Oct 16 / The Observer |
English National Opera has scored a hit in Richard Jones’s new staging of Don Giovanni |
9 Oct 16 / Express |
Richard Jones's production for English National Opera makes for a pretty depressing evening |
9 Oct 16 / Daily Mail |
Richard Jones opte pour une atmosphère sombre de film noir |
6 Oct 16 / Opera Online (French) |
Bears only a passing resemblance to Mozart's opera |
6 Oct 16 / The Spectator |
Richard Jones has latched on to the timeless theme of Don Giovanni |
5 Oct 16 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
What a frustrating show |
5 Oct 16 / A Younger Theatre |
The ENO rises triumphantly to this perennially challenging opera |
4 Oct 16 / Evening Standard |
This latest Don Giovanni is updated yet outdated |
4 Oct 16 / Londonist |
It’s all about sex |
4 Oct 16 / Independent |
Richard Jones dispenses with ambiguity and proposes some radical, subversive ‘clarifications’ |
4 Oct 16 / Opera Today |
Strong in concept, strong in casting: Richard Jones' Don Giovanni at ENO |
4 Oct 16 / Bachtrack |
Musically, we were on strong ground |
4 Oct 16 / Boulezian |
Musically authoritative, theatrically fascinating |
3 Oct 16 / The Stage |
English National Opera's shortened season opens with a new Don Giovanni from Richard Jones |
3 Oct 16 / What's on Stage |
Mozartian Hollywood noir |
3 Oct 16 / Planet Hugill |
Richard Jones moves from Mozart with touches of brilliance and BDSM |
2 Oct 16 / The Guardian |
Sharp-edged and sharply etched |
2 Oct 16 / What's on Stage |
This is a striking, if ultimately unsatisfying, Don Giovanni |
2 Oct 16 / Telegraph |
Compared with ENO’s last two productions of Don Giovanni, this new one from Richard Jones is a sober affair |
1 Oct 16 / Classical Source |
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Production details
Cast
Purves, Bayley, Lynch, Rice, Clayton, Bevan, Crawley, Creswell
(c) Wigglesworth (d) Jones
Performance dates
30 September, 4, 7, 9(m), 13, 15, 18, 21, 24, 26 October 2016
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