English Touring Opera - Giasone Reviews
20 April 2024

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English Touring Opera


No. of reviews: 11

The production went for period authenticity
15 Nov 13 / Cambridge News
An opera that moves smoothly from gentle comedy to painful suffering via lots of delicious melodies
30 Oct 13 / The Bath Chronicle
Magic and fun pervade ETO's Jason
30 Oct 13 / The Opera Critic
Love and treachery with plenty of laughs in Cavalli’s Jason
28 Oct 13 / Seen and Heard
Cavalli's 17th-century favourite is well worth reviving
14 Oct 13 / The Observer
This rarely heard seventeenth century opera had wit, flair and a scene stealing performance
12 Oct 13 / Telegraph
There is a general fuzziness around all but the best performance
9 Oct 13 / The Stage
A mixed bag of baroque from English Touring Opera
9 Oct 13 / The Arts Desk
Ted Huffman's production keeps a balance between narrowly-skirted tragedy and broad comedy
8 Oct 13 / Independent
Shipwrecks and bigamy give a tragi-comic edge to this production of Cavalli's erotic classic
7 Oct 13 / The Guardian
Hannah Pedley flaunts rich tones and sexy curves to great effect as Medea
6 Oct 13 / What's on Stage
Production details
Cast
Van Der Linde, Pedley, Haycock, Czerniawski, Slater, Wilde, Slater, Lempa, Haycock
(c) McHardy (d) Huffman
Performance dates
4, 5, 10, 17, 26, 29, 31 October, 5, 13, 20 November 2013 (Various locations)
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