Garsington Opera - Intermezzo Reviews
25 April 2024
Mark Stone (Robert), Mary Dunleavy (Christine)
Barnaby Rea (Singer), James Cleverton (Commercial Counsellor), Oliver Johnston (Stroh), Gerard Collett (Legal Counsellor)
Mary Dunleavy (Christine), Sam Furness (Baron Lummer)
Sarah Redgwick (Notary's Wife), benjamin Bevan (Notary), Anna Sideris (Resi)
Mary Dunleavy (Christine)

Performance reviews

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Intermezzo

Garsington Opera


No. of reviews: 12

Introducción e Intermezzo
24 Jul 15 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Hats off to Garsington for championing once again some criminally neglected Strauss
13 Jun 15 / Opera Today
Serenely accomplished
12 Jun 15 / Independent
Profoundly humane vision of Strauss's autobiographical opera
11 Jun 15 / The Guardian
There’s comic potential there but in the end it is not enough
11 Jun 15 / Evening Standard
There really is no saving Richard Strauss’s semi-autobiographical opera
10 Jun 15 / Telegraph
A sensitive production makes a powerful case for Strauss's neglected 'opera domestica'
10 Jun 15 / What's on Stage
A hit for Garsington in Bruno Ravella’s staging and in Andrew Porter’s English translation
10 Jun 15 / The Stage
Bruno Ravella’s direction is admirably supportive and restrained
10 Jun 15 / Classical Source
A breezy production of the comedy based on Strauss’s own marriage
10 Jun 15 / Financial Times
Love's not Time's fool
8 Jun 15 / Bachtrack
Mary Dunleavy came late to the production but she gives a fully rounded performance
7 Jun 15 / Music OMH
Interview: Bruno Ravella
On June 6th, Garsington Opera unveils its new production of Richard Strauss’ Intermezzo. Director Bruno Ravella talks about the production and his career.
Strauss's Intermezzo at Garsington
Interview with Jac van Steen.
Production details
Cast
Dunleavy, Stone, Tynan, Furness, Bevan, Redgwick, Johnston, Cleverton, Collett, Rea, Sideris
(c) van Steen (d) Ravella
Performance dates
6, 8, 14, 20, 26 June, 2, 5, 7, 9 July 2015
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