| Opera Holland Park - Ariadne auf Naxos Reviews | 24 April 2024 |
Julia Sporsén (Composer), Stephen Gadd (Professor of Composition)
Jennifer France (Zerbinetta), Alex Otterburn (Harlequin), Daniel Norman (Scaramuccio), Lancelot Nomura (Truffaldino), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Truffaldino)
Jennifer France (Zerbinetta)
Mardi Byers (Ariadne), Nymphs
Kor-Jan Dusseljee (Bacchus), Mardi Byers (Ariadne)
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Ariadne auf NaxosOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 11 | |
The central comic scene is so brilliant that it blows the drab tragedy surrounding it offstage |
 26 Jul 18 / The Spectator |
A performance that came together well at the end after a musically weak Act I |
| 25 Jul 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Holland Park's first Richard Strauss opera provides glorious rewards for Strauss lovers |
| 23 Jul 18 / Planet Hugill |
A stylish and wickedly funny staging that ends fittingly in a fireworks display |
| 23 Jul 18 / Express |
Jennifer France is a revelation as Zerbinetta |
| 21 Jul 18 / Music OMH |
A sparkling Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera Holland Park |
| 20 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard |
Ariadne aus Glasgow: Strauss’ opera gets a few twists at Opera Holland Park |
| 19 Jul 18 / Bachtrack |
A stellar Ariadne auf Naxos at Investec Opera Holland Park |
| 19 Jul 18 / Opera Today |
Antony McDonald has plotted the high- and low-art dysfunctions of the Prologue so succinctly |
| 19 Jul 18 / Classical Source |
Opera Holland Park scores a triumph with its first-ever staging of a Richard Strauss opera |
| 19 Jul 18 / What's on Stage |
Sparky and irreverent production sounds sumptuous |
| 19 Jul 18 / The Guardian |
Production details
Cast
Byers, Sporsen, France, Dusseljee, Gadd, Bron, Brignall, MacDougall, Humphreys, Bowes, Otterburn, Norman, Nomura, Thomas, Cragg, Zigmantaite, Hall
(c) Cohen (d) McDonald
Performance dates
17, 19, 21, 25, 27 July 2018
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22 Apr 24 / The Guardian |