English Touring Opera - Pelléas et Mélisande Reviews | 28 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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Pelléas et MélisandeEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 14 |
A strange otherworld |
2 Nov 15 / The Opera Critic |
ETO's staging is uncomplicated and open to the symbolism of the drama |
29 Oct 15 / Opera Journal |
Luke-warm Debussy |
28 Oct 15 / The Critics' Circle |
Uneven dramatically |
24 Oct 15 / The Post Bulletin |
The love between Jonathan McGovern’s naive Pelleas and Susanna Hurrell’s fragile Melisande is delicately defined |
11 Oct 15 / Express |
Jonathan Berman expertly conducts Debussy’s enigmatic masterpiece |
5 Oct 15 / Financial Times |
English Touring Opera’s Pelléas et Mélisande feels pared down in every way |
5 Oct 15 / Forum Opéra |
Enterprising reduced scale Pelleas |
5 Oct 15 / Planet Hugill |
This show’s one remediable weakness lies in the pit |
3 Oct 15 / Independent |
ETO's chamber version of Debussy's enigmatic opera gets most things right |
3 Oct 15 / What's on Stage |
A brave, deeply affecting achievement |
3 Oct 15 / The Guardian |
Honourable but over-ambitious |
3 Oct 15 / Telegraph |
Focused staging |
3 Oct 15 / The Stage |
Pelléas et Mélisande missing magic at the start of English Touring Opera's season |
3 Oct 15 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
McGovern, Hurrell, Loges, Johnson, Druiett, Zolezzi
(c) Berman (d) Conway
Performance dates
1, 3 October, 7, 13 November 2015
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