English National Opera - Marnie Reviews
29 March 2024
Sasha Cooke (Marnie), Daniel Okulitch (Mark Rutland)
General scene
Katie Coventry, Charlotte Beament, Sasha Cooke, Katie Stevenson, Emma Kerr
Alasdair Elliott (Mr Strutt), Chorus
James Laing (Terry), Sasha Cooke (Marnie)

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Marnie

English National Opera


No. of reviews: 22

Hitch free
29 Nov 17 / The Critics' Circle
Création mondiale de Marnie au London Coliseum
24 Nov 17 / Opera Online (French)
Marnie, création mondiale de Nico Muhly à l'ENO
23 Nov 17 / ResMusica
This production by Broadway veteran Michael Mayer, making his first entry into opera, is outstanding
22 Nov 17 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews
A new large-scale opera from ENO in a distinguished staging by Michael Mayer
21 Nov 17 / What's on Stage
Muhly's Marnie fails to find the drama of Winston Graham's novel
21 Nov 17 / Bachtrack
Where Marnie is an unqualified triumph is in its direction and sets
21 Nov 17 / Opera Today
Elina Makropoulos chez Hitchcock
21 Nov 17 / Forum Opéra
Nico Muhly’s Marnie for ENO returns to England and loses the plot
21 Nov 17 / Seen and Heard
An uneasy and uneven transition to the stage
21 Nov 17 / Independent
A psychological maze at English National Opera
21 Nov 17 / Financial Times
Muhly's operatic thriller sounds great but lacks the twists and turns of Hitchcock's iconic film version
21 Nov 17 / Time Out
Well-intentioned remake falls short of Hitchcock’s thriller
21 Nov 17 / Evening Standard
Grand dramatic sweep and an elusive heroine
20 Nov 17 / Planet Hugill
Nico Muhly's 'Marnie' brings Hitchcock into the 21st century
20 Nov 17 / New York Times
Hyped new opera doesn’t hit the heights
20 Nov 17 / The Arts Desk
Marnie’s music-generating potential is undeniable, but Muhly hasn’t quite distilled her tragedy and detachment
20 Nov 17 / Classical Source
Disappointingly, it lacks the necessary engagement and thrill to make it a classic
20 Nov 17 / Broadway World
Nico Muhly’s new opera is an outstanding achievement and a major success for its composer and ENO
20 Nov 17 / The Stage
Nico Muhly's psycho thriller sounds beautiful but fails to thrill
20 Nov 17 / The Guardian
If you've seen Hitchcock's Marnie then this ENO adaptation will only disappoint you
20 Nov 17 / Telegraph
Despite some fine singing, Nico Muhly’s new opera about a troubled kleptomaniac is turgid and untheatrical
20 Nov 17 / The Times
Production details
Cast
Cooke, Okulitch, Laing, Montague, Elliott, Wilkinson, Dennis, Garrett, Durkan, Jeffery
(c) Brabbins (d) Mayer
Performance dates
18, 26, 28 November, 1, 3(m) December 2017
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