| English National Opera - The Mask of Orpheus Reviews | 27 April 2024 |
William Morgan, Peter Hoare, Simon Wilding, David Ireland
Peter Hoare, Alfa Marks
Dancers
Joan Aguila-Cuevas, Sam Ford, Ripp Greatbach, Stefano de Luca
James Cleverton, Marta Fontanals-Simmons
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The Mask of OrpheusEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
Orpheus at ENO: house of the dead |
 6 Dec 19 / Opera Now |
Orpheus in London: Four Orpheus operas at the English National Opera |
| 27 Nov 19 / San Francisco Classical Voice |
This opera by the British composer Harrison Birtwistle is a complete mess - but a rather brilliant mess |
| 3 Nov 19 / Express |
Fontanals-Simmons and Hoare are standouts in ENO’s The Mask of Orpheus though orchestra gets glitterball |
| 31 Oct 19 / Seen and Heard |
Birtwistle's The Mask of Orpheus is anything but simple |
| 31 Oct 19 / Opera Journal |
Birtwistle’s Mask of Orpheus submerged by high camp spectacle
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| 23 Oct 19 / The Article |
ENO reinvents Birtwhistle’s Mask of Orpheus with clowns, latex and oodles of camp |
| 22 Oct 19 / Financial Times |
Daniel Kramer's camp carnival defuses any focus in Birtwistle's bruising score |
| 22 Oct 19 / The Arts Desk |
Not for the first time, alas, ENO has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory |
| 22 Oct 19 / Opera Today |
A mysterious spectacle which pushes unusual emotional buttons |
| 21 Oct 19 / Music OMH |
Travesty of a production is nothing to laugh about |
| 21 Oct 19 / The Guardian |
For the average audience, this is a physical and mental ordeal |
| 21 Oct 19 / Telegraph |
Production details
Cast
Hoare, Norman, Fontanals-Simmons, Barnett-Jones, Cleverton, Bailey, McFadden, Hayward, Morgan, Ireland, Wilding, Shaw, Coventry, Stevenson
(c) Brabbins/Henshaw (d) Kramer
Performance dates
18, 25, 29 October, 7, 13 November 2019
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