| The Royal Opera - Agrippina Reviews | 25 April 2024 |
Joyce DiDonato (Agrippinia), Franco Fagioli (Nerone)
Lucy Crowe (Poppea), Iestyn Davies (Ottone)
Ensemble
Jose Coca Loza (Lesbo), Lucy Crowe (Poppea)
Joyce DiDonato (Agrippinia)
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AgrippinaThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 17 | |
Kosky esalta l‘incredibile modernità dell’Agrippina di Handel |
 8 Oct 19 / La Scena Musicale (French) |
Quand Haendel pétille |
| 7 Oct 19 / Forum Opéra |
Joyce DiDonato, come Agrippina, è una vera e propria forza della natura |
| 6 Oct 19 / Connessi all'Opera |
A must for Handel lovers- but an expensive one |
| 5 Oct 19 / London News Online |
Triomphe pour Joyce DiDonato avec Lucy Crowe |
| 5 Oct 19 / Olyrix |
Joyce DiDonato seduces you within the first 10 minutes |
| 3 Oct 19 / The Spectator |
Glorious musicality in Handel’s Agrippina succumbs to a frenetic Royal Opera production |
| 2 Oct 19 / The Article |
Mommie dearest |
| 1 Oct 19 / The Critics' Circle |
Joyce DiDonato’s stop-at-nothing empress leads a top ensemble cast in Barrie Kosky’s enthralling Agrippina |
| 29 Sep 19 / The Observer |
The American soprano Joyce DiDonato is outstanding in the title role |
| 29 Sep 19 / Express |
A showcase for vocal and dramatic virtuosity of which Kosky’s cast take wicked advantage |
| 28 Sep 19 / Independent |
Over-acted and over-sung, with gratuitous yelps, whimpers, and irritating pauses from the singers for good measure |
| 25 Sep 19 / Classical Source |
The singing is what really makes the evening |
| 25 Sep 19 / Broadway World |
DiDonato formidable as power-hungry empress |
| 25 Sep 19 / The Guardian |
Virtuosity from DiDonato but Kosky’s Agrippina is puzzling and contradictory |
| 25 Sep 19 / Seen and Heard |
Barrie Kosky brings farce and frolics to the ROH |
| 25 Sep 19 / Opera Today |
Political power games in Kosky's Agrippina at Covent Garden |
| 25 Sep 19 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
DiDonato, Fagioli, Mastroni, Jurenas, Loza, Davies, Crowe, Buratto
(c) Emelyanychev (d) Kosky
Performance dates
23, 26, 30 September, 4, 7, 11 October 2019
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