| English National Opera - Tristan und Isolde Reviews | 26 April 2024 |
Heidi Melton (Isolde), Stuart Skelton (Tristan)
Stephen Rooke (Melot), Chorus
Stuart Skelton (Tristan), Heidi Melton (Isolde)
Stuart Skelton (Tristan)
Heidi Melton (Isolde), Stuart Skelton (Tristan)
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Tristan und IsoldeEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 21 | |
A la ENO no le gana nadie en inteligencia |
 13 Jul 16 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
On the rocks |
| 21 Jun 16 / The Critics' Circle |
English National Opera’s bold new staging of Tristan And Isolde may also be viewed as an art installation |
| 19 Jun 16 / Express |
Anish Kapoor ditches sculpture for opera |
| 18 Jun 16 / Londonist |
Edward Gardner’s conducting picks its way through the directorial minefield with impressive sureness and sympathy |
| 17 Jun 16 / Classical Source |
Stuart Skelton earns top laurels as Wagner's tortured hero |
| 17 Jun 16 / Limelight |
Stuart Skelton has given a world class Tristan in English National Opera’s new Tristan and Isolde |
| 16 Jun 16 / The Jewish Chronicle |
ENO’s Tristan falls short of greatness |
| 16 Jun 16 / Oxford Student |
Anish Kapoor’s bold designs and lighting triumph |
| 15 Jun 16 / Independent |
'Tristan und Isolde,' from an unsettled English National Opera |
| 15 Jun 16 / New York Times |
The main stage designs by Anish Kapoor are boldly effective |
| 15 Jun 16 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
All in all, this is a Tristan that deserves to be seen, still more to be heard |
| 14 Jun 16 / Boulezian |
Daniel Kramer’s Tristan and Isolde for ENO lacks quality and coherence despite a promising start |
| 13 Jun 16 / Seen and Heard |
The most worrying aspect of the production has to be how few ideas Kramer brought to the table as director |
| 12 Jun 16 / Opera Britannia |
A fascinating, vexing riot of ideas |
| 12 Jun 16 / The Observer |
Brave and bold show is exactly what ENO needs |
| 11 Jun 16 / Evening Standard |
Heroic tenor Stuart Skelton pulls focus in ambitious, hit-and-miss Wagner |
| 11 Jun 16 / The Arts Desk |
Anish Kapoor has not been madly inspired |
| 11 Jun 16 / Telegraph |
Musically fine but a confused and illogical staging |
| 11 Jun 16 / The Guardian |
English National Opera's new artistic director scales one of the repertoire's greatest peaks |
| 11 Jun 16 / What's on Stage |
Transfigured night |
| 11 Jun 16 / Bachtrack |
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Exploring how Richard Wagner’s Tristan & Isolde could potentially pave the way forward for ENO.
'He was antisemitic and I'm Jewish. Who cares?'
As his set designs for ENO’s Tristan and Isolde are unveiled, Anish Kapoor talks about the flak they’ve caused him, his new record-breaking slide – and how he got his own back on the Frenchman who sued him.
As his set designs for ENO’s Tristan and Isolde are unveiled, Anish Kapoor talks about the flak they’ve caused him, his new record-breaking slide – and how he got his own back on the Frenchman who sued him.
Rehearsal excerpt from ENO's new Tristan and Isolde
Stuart Skelton and Heidi Melton perform the love duet from Tristan and Isolde.
Stuart Skelton and Heidi Melton perform the love duet from Tristan and Isolde.
Production details
Cast
Skelton, Melton, Rose, Colclough, Rooke, Cargill, Van Hulle, Sheehan, Webb
(c) Gardner (d) Kramer
Performance dates
9, 15, 19(m), 22, 26(m), 29 June, 2(m), 9(m) July 2016
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