Glyndebourne Festival - Ariadne auf Naxos Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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Ariadne auf NaxosGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 17 |
Blitz sur Naxos, Ariane à l’hôpital |
10 Jul 13 / La Libre |
How can an opera go so wrong? |
2 Jun 13 / The Spectator |
Strauss's masquerade is complex enough without adding another layer about victims of war |
27 May 13 / Express |
You know what will see off Jerry? A jolly old sing-song |
26 May 13 / Independent on Sunday |
The production was one of those "someone should have said no" occasions |
26 May 13 / The Observer |
Great singing, playing and Richard Strauss's beautiful music transcend any defects of the plot or the production |
24 May 13 / Express |
Glyndebourne gets bombed |
23 May 13 / Bloomberg |
Some worthwhile performances emerge from the wreckage |
21 May 13 / The Stage |
Poor staging spoils Ariadne auf Naxos |
20 May 13 / Seen and Heard |
The performance of Strauss’s miraculous score is the greatest strength of the evening |
20 May 13 / What's on Stage |
The overriding problem is one of tone |
20 May 13 / Classical Source |
Until now, Glyndebourne has kept relatively free from Middle European Directors’ disease |
20 May 13 / Telegraph |
Annoying ... |
20 May 13 / The Guardian |
A terrific evening of onstage entertainment and a thought-provoking take on a work that is 100 years young |
20 May 13 / Musical Criticism |
Strauss's opera reluctantly enters the Battle of Britain courtesy of a young German director |
20 May 13 / The Arts Desk |
Only in Isokoski’s haunting performance does the real majesty of this work emerge |
20 May 13 / Independent |
The director has allowed the music to speak without much in the way of extraneous business |
19 May 13 / Music OMH |
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Ariadne ducks the bombs at the Glyndebourne festival
This year's Glyndebourne opener Ariadne auf Naxos is getting a radical relocation, to a Blitz-time hospital. Director Katharina Thoma tells how she drew on the history of the Sussex mansion.
This year's Glyndebourne opener Ariadne auf Naxos is getting a radical relocation, to a Blitz-time hospital. Director Katharina Thoma tells how she drew on the history of the Sussex mansion.
Production details
Cast
Isokoski, Lindsey, Claycomb/Alexyuk, Skorokhodov, Allen, Jackson, Ablinger-Sperrhacke/de Mey, Wallace, Long, Vargin, Kryshak, Jürgens, Stenson, Labin, Di Paola, Istoc
(c) Jurowski (d) Thoma
Performance dates
18, 22, 25, 30 May, 2, 4, 7, 13, 16, 20, 23, 28 June, 5, 11 July 2013
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