| Opera Holland Park - Iris Reviews | 20 April 2024 |
Anne Sophie Duprels (Iris), Noah Stewart (Osaka)
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Anne Sophie Duprels (Iris)
Anne Sophie Duprels (Iris)
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IrisOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 14 | |
To the cathouse |
 21 Jun 16 / The Critics' Circle |
The summer opera season defies the downpours with terrific Tchaikovsky, morally improving Mascagni, Shakespearean Puccini and zesty Janáček |
| 20 Jun 16 / The Observer |
Olivia Fuchs’s staging well suits this rather shocking story |
| 15 Jun 16 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
It seems that opera composers like their sopranos to suffer |
| 12 Jun 16 / Express |
An excellent opener to the 2016 season |
| 10 Jun 16 / Music OMH |
Holland Park Opera presents Iris, a little known verismo gem by Mascagni |
| 10 Jun 16 / Seen and Heard |
A potentially repellent tale made touching, in Opera Holland Park's Iris |
| 9 Jun 16 / Telegraph |
A courageous staging |
| 9 Jun 16 / The Stage |
A new production of Mascagni's Verismo shocker of 1898 |
| 9 Jun 16 / What's on Stage |
Queasy, mucky and uncomfortable but essential viewing |
| 9 Jun 16 / The Guardian |
Overall Iris the opera is well-worth catching, and it’s rare |
| 9 Jun 16 / Classical Source |
This production, despite the grim, uncomfortable subject matter, is an absolute winner |
| 9 Jun 16 / Opera Britannia |
There can’t be that many operas that start with an extended solo for double bass |
| 9 Jun 16 / Opera Today |
A grim fate for sopranos |
| 9 Jun 16 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
Duprels, Stewart, Cleverton, Svetlov, Ansell
(c) Stratford (d) Fuchs
Performance dates
7, 10, 14, 16, 18 June 2016
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13 Apr 24 / Bachtrack |