Garsington Opera - The Skating Rink Reviews
29 March 2024
Ben Edquist (Remo), Grant Doyle (Enric)
Ensemble
Alice Poggio (Nuria skater), Grant Doyle (Enric)
Sam Furness (Gaspar), Susan Bickley (Carmen)
Ben Edquist (Remo), Lauren Zolezzi (Nuria)

Performance reviews

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The Skating Rink

Garsington Opera


No. of reviews: 15

This complex modern drama, brilliantly sung, is a frozen asset
15 Jul 18 / The Sunday Times
The Skating Rink grows in intensity with each act
15 Jul 18 / The Observer
An exotic new mystery thriller is Garsington's final opera of 2018
14 Jul 18 / What's on Stage
The Skating Rink is not as engaging and stimulating as it could be
10 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard
Prosaic words and music fail to make magic on ice
10 Jul 18 / Evening Standard
Strong performance of a new opera with a very striking voice, inspired by Roberto Bolano's novel
9 Jul 18 / Planet Hugill
The Skating Rink is not as engaging and stimulating as it could be
9 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard
With its blazing sunshine, there could not have been a more appropriate day for the premiere of this work
9 Jul 18 / Music OMH
Shivers up and down the spine
7 Jul 18 / Bachtrack
Finely observed
7 Jul 18 / The Stage
The whole received a strong performance from both cast and orchestra
7 Jul 18 / Opera Today
A superb cast can't save a thin plot and banal libretto
7 Jul 18 / Independent
An intriguing experiment in neo-noir that pays off handsomely
7 Jul 18 / Telegraph
Smart murder mystery opera is unfussy and clear
7 Jul 18 / The Guardian
Grant Doyle as Enric sings with burnished tone throughout and is dramatically effective
6 Jul 18 / Classical Source
Production details
Cast
Doyle, Furness, Edquist, Bickley, Wild, Zolezzi, Oke, Winter
(c) Walker (d) Laing
Performance dates
5, 8, 10, 14, 16 July 2018
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