Opera Holland Park - Aida Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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AidaOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 14 |
The musical values of the performance were very well projected |
30 Jul 15 / British Theatre |
For sheer excitement, the first half of this opera demonstrates what a sizzling show Opera Holland Park can put on |
8 Jul 15 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Opera Holland Park’s Aida is no museum piece |
29 Jun 15 / Londonist |
An overall very good cast let down by an incoherent staging. |
29 Jun 15 / Opera Britannia |
A feast for the ear |
28 Jun 15 / Telegraph |
A vacuous romp mired in the pig-trough of mediocrity from the very beginning |
28 Jun 15 / Music OMH |
The festival’s first-ever production of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian spectacular |
27 Jun 15 / Financial Times |
The end result was gripping theatre, but it wasn't quite the Aida that Verdi envisaged |
27 Jun 15 / Opera Today |
Some of this production adds up and some doesn't, but there are some impressive performances |
27 Jun 15 / Evening Standard |
Fright at the Museum: Slater’s Aida flops at Holland Park |
26 Jun 15 / Bachtrack |
Daniel Slater’s reimagined Aida is sinister and angry, but nothing to do with Verdi |
26 Jun 15 / The Guardian |
Daniel Slater's new production turns Verdi's opera into a museum piece |
26 Jun 15 / What's on Stage |
Musical values are high in Holland Park’s production of Verdi’s opera |
26 Jun 15 / The Stage |
Production-wise, things are a mishmash |
26 Jun 15 / Classical Source |
Production details
Cast
Davoren, Jeffers, Auty, Shipp, Veira, Broadbent, Watson, Blanch
(c) Benzi/Lam (d) Slater
Performance dates
24, 26 June, 1, 4, 8, 10, 16, 19(m), 21, 24 July 2015
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