| English Touring Opera - La Calisto Reviews | 16 April 2024 |
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La CalistoEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | |
English Touring Opera captures and bottles the madness in Cavalli's Baroque comedy |
 7 Nov 16 / What's on Stage |
An ebullient production of La Calisto |
| 2 Nov 16 / The Opera Critic |
A confident, robust performance with a modern comic twist |
| 26 Oct 16 / Bath Chronicle |
Comedy, musical richness and social commentary mingle in this early Venetian classic |
| 22 Oct 16 / Limelight |
Three ways not to do tragicomedy |
| 20 Oct 16 / The Spectator |
The staging is dynamic, and there is a fair dose of bawdy humour |
| 19 Oct 16 / Music OMH |
English Touring Opera pulls off two more unmissable shows |
| 19 Oct 16 / Independent |
A Venetian double |
| 19 Oct 16 / Opera Today |
The cast of ten worked well as a team to bring out the lusts and life of this opera |
| 19 Oct 16 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
ETO's new productions of Cavalli and Monteverdi’s 17th-century masterpieces are imaginatively staged and finely sung |
| 17 Oct 16 / The Guardian |
Stylish period music-making |
| 17 Oct 16 / The Stage |
A fun-filled La Calisto from English Touring Opera at the Hackney Empire |
| 17 Oct 16 / Bachtrack |
In the title role, Paula Sides used her radiant soprano and emotive acting with poignant results |
| 16 Oct 16 / Classical Source |
Production details
Cast
Sides, Carby, Oney, Humphreys, Fairbairn/Fairbairn, Dwyer, Pritchard, Gyeantey, Bray, Braithwaite
(c) Nelson (d) takis
Performance dates
14, 21, 24, 29 October, 3, 12, 17, 23 November 2016 (various locations)
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