English National Opera - Juliette Reviews
29 March 2024
Susan Bickley (Fortune Teller), Peter Hoare (Michel)
Peter Hoare (Michel)
Peter Hoare (Michel), Julia Sporsen (Julietta)
Chorus
Peter Hoare (Michel), Julia Sporsen (Julietta)

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Juliette

English National Opera


No. 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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