Music Theatre Wales - The Trial Reviews | 19 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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The TrialMusic Theatre WalesNo. of reviews: 13 |
Glass and Music Theatre Wales get result in Kafka’s The Trial |
16 Nov 14 / Seen and Heard |
A new distillation and soundworld |
11 Nov 14 / Bachtrack |
Where the production comes alive is through the staging and the exceptional performances |
29 Oct 14 / Manchester Confidential |
The world premiere of Philip Glass’s The Trial unsettles |
19 Oct 14 / The Observer |
Philip Glass’s music seems to fit Kafka’s Trial like a glove |
15 Oct 14 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Kafka's story has an astonishing prescience |
14 Oct 14 / Independent |
Glass’s opera has too little sense of genuine menace |
14 Oct 14 / Evening Standard |
The score lacks distinctiveness and the drama is uncompelling |
14 Oct 14 / The Stage |
Kafka, Glass, Hampton: this new chamber opera is a dream ticket |
14 Oct 14 / Financial Times |
On paper it's a marriage made in, well, not quite heaven; more a kind of Kafkaesque purgatory |
13 Oct 14 / What's on Stage |
Philip Glass’s score adds up to much more than just a play with musical accompaniment |
13 Oct 14 / The Guardian |
Cannily pitched |
13 Oct 14 / Telegraph |
Glass's operatic "The Trial" brings Kafka up to date |
13 Oct 14 / Reuters |
Production details
Cast
Forbes, Hellier, Bennett, Curievici, Folwell, Herford, Druiett, Thomas
(c) Rafferty (d) McCarthy
Performance dates
10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 28 October, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 November 2014 (various locations)
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