English National Opera - Juliette Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
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JulietteEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 23 |
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9 Oct 12 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
An intriguing experiment to be sure |
25 Sep 12 / Musical Criticism |
Julietta is very welcome at the Coliseum |
24 Sep 12 / The Opera Critic |
This Richard Jones staging of Martinu’s Julietta is as good as this surrealist opera is ever going to get |
23 Sep 12 / Telegraph |
It is hard to fault the visual ingenuity, orchestral excellence or magnificent casting |
23 Sep 12 / The Observer |
Martinu's surreal 1938 opera plays tricks with the memory and shows ENO at its strongest |
23 Sep 12 / Independent on Sunday |
ENO’s season opens with a classy revival and a modern classic |
21 Sep 12 / Gay Times |
ENO's 'Julietta' is a dream of an opera |
21 Sep 12 / Wall Street Journal |
Moments of delight in Martinù’s Julietta |
21 Sep 12 / Seen and Heard |
The ENO Orchestra had a field day with Martinù’s iridescent score |
20 Sep 12 / Classical Source |
Beautiful production of surrealist masterpiece |
20 Sep 12 / Music OMH |
Edward Gardner relishes the score’s gorgeousness and strangeness |
20 Sep 12 / What's on Stage |
What a successful gamble this turns out to be |
20 Sep 12 / Londonist |
Edward Gardner controls the music's ducking and diving with great finesse |
19 Sep 12 / The Guardian |
This immaculate performance of Martinu's Julietta could not hide the fact that the opera is really not very good |
19 Sep 12 / Telegraph |
Martinù's dream opera comes across with stunning clarity in a production that delivers on all fronts |
19 Sep 12 / The Arts Desk |
Imagination and exuberance characterise a surreal world where memories fade and dreams cease to exist |
19 Sep 12 / Evening Standard |
Peter Hoare gives a towering performance in Martinù’s operatic riddle |
19 Sep 12 / Financial Times |
There were plenty of entertaining treats |
19 Sep 12 / Spear's |
The biggest plaudits must go to Peter Hoare and Julia Sporsen as the bewitched, bothered, and bewildered lovers |
19 Sep 12 / Independent |
One of the best of ENO's recent productions |
19 Sep 12 / Musical Pointers |
Not much of the opera sticks in the mind |
19 Sep 12 / The Stage |
Peter Hoare’s Michel is quite brilliantly performed and heroically sung |
18 Sep 12 / Opera Britannia |
Production details
Cast
Sporsén, Hoare, Lloyd-Roberts, Shore, Waddington, Renard, Howell, Bickley, Reid, Gregory, Presland, Price
(c) Gardner (d) Jones
Performance dates
17, 22, 27, 29 September, 2, 3 October 2012
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