English National Opera - The Winter's Tale Reviews
18 April 2024
Timothy Robinson (Camillo), Iain Paterson (Leontes)
General scene
Leigh Melrose (Polixenes), Sophie Bevan (Hermione)

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The Winter's Tale

English National Opera


No. of reviews: 15

ENO's Composer in Residence Ryan Wigglesworth has long been obsessed with The Winter’s Tale
6 Mar 17 / Express
A top ENO cast and orchestra do justice to Ryan Wigglesworth’s The Winter’s Tale
6 Mar 17 / The Observer
A Winter's Tale: a world premiere at English National Opera
6 Mar 17 / Opera Today
Création de The Winter’s Tale au London Coliseum
4 Mar 17 / Opera Online (French)
The Winter’s Tale may not be a revelatory or ground-breaking opera, but it is a resourceful and absorbing one
3 Mar 17 / Classical Source
English National Opera gives The Winter’s Tale a baptism of which all should be proud
2 Mar 17 / Seen and Heard
Striking sounds but not enough fury in new Shakespearean opera
1 Mar 17 / The Guardian
“A sad tale’s best for winter”: Wigglesworth's Shakespeare full of eloquent clarity at the Coliseum
1 Mar 17 / Bachtrack
Rory Kinnear's directorial debut is a charmless disappointment
1 Mar 17 / Telegraph
As dissonant and disconsolate as Leontes’s wintry court
1 Mar 17 / The Times
Impressive directorial debut by Rory Kinnear
1 Mar 17 / Evening Standard
A radiant Sophie Bevan as Hermione
1 Mar 17 / Independent
English National Opera's newly-commissioned opera is a triumph for Rory Kinnear
1 Mar 17 / What's on Stage
An intelligent staging
1 Mar 17 / The Stage
If a sad tale really is best for winter, then we've certainly been blessed this year
1 Mar 17 / Broadway World
Production details
Cast
Paterson, Bevan, Price, Melrose, Gregory, Bickley, Davies, Davies, Robinson
(c) Wigglesworth (d) Kinnear
Performance dates
27 February, 3, 8, 10, 14 March 2017
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