English National Opera - Satyagraha Reviews
28 March 2024
Alan Oke, Chorus
Alan Oke, Sarah Pring, Chorus
Alan Oke
Janis Kelly, Nicholas Masters, Alan Oke, Stephanie Marshall, Clare Eggington,Nicholas Folwell
Alan Oke

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Satyagraha

English National Opera


No. of reviews: 12

A visually stunning production of an opera about Gandhi is a revelation
5 Dec 13 / Telegraph
A mesmerising and visually fascinating, if almost incomprehensible, work
26 Nov 13 / Express
Inspired choral singing in Glass’s Indian opera
25 Nov 13 / Seen and Heard
Oke poured passion into the simple rising scales of his final aria to unforgettable effect
23 Nov 13 / Classical Source
Glass' meditation on the life of Gandhi returns to the Coliseum for its second revival
23 Nov 13 / What's on Stage
Alan Oke makes a memorable Gandhi, noble in bearing as well as vocal utterance
22 Nov 13 / The Stage
Philip Glass’s opera is just as enthralling as it was in 2007
22 Nov 13 / Financial Times
An inspired marriage of sight and sound
22 Nov 13 / Independent
Phillip Glass's music is the usual triumph of banality
22 Nov 13 / Evening Standard
Alan Oke's lead provides an unmissable, searching presence
22 Nov 13 / The Guardian
An unmissable masterpiece
22 Nov 13 / Telegraph
A richly contemplative evening as classic production returns
21 Nov 13 / Opera Britannia
Phelim McDermott and Alan Oke: how we made Satyagraha
The director and star of the ENO's adaptation of Philip Glass's Gandhi opera remember struggling with Sanskrit and finding a contemporary echo in the Occupy movement.
Production details
Cast
Oke, Eggington, Kelly, Marshall, Pring, Folwell, Wade, Masters, Masters
(c) Stratford (d) McDermott
Performance dates
20, 25, 26 November, 4, 6, 8(m) December 2013
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