Christopher Willis

Conductor

Production reviews (3)

 
2 Feb - 31 Mar 2023
Il barbiere di Siviglia, RossiniOpera: Staged,  
Royal Opera House  | Performances (8)
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04 February 2023www.thearticle.comMark Ronan
Superb singing in the Royal Opera’s revival of Rossini’s ‘Barber of Seville’
"young Korean bass Josef Jeongmeen Ahn as Almaviva’s servant Fiorello, this cast was as vocally perfect as one could wish."
9 Jan 2022 - 31 Mar 2023
Le nozze di Figaro, MozartOpera: NA,  
Royal Opera House  | Performances (8)
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10 January 2022bachtrack.comRoy Westbrook
Rising stars have a crazy day: Figaro returns to Covent Garden
Count Almaviva was well taken by Argentinean Germán E Alcántara (...)in his first major role here, showed vocal and histrionic gifts. In the Act 2 altercation with the Countess his violent side was visibly and vocally only just in check, an aristocrat aware he is losing control of events.
15 Sep 2015 - 31 Mar 2023
Le nozze di Figaro, MozartOpera: NA,  
Royal Opera House  | Performances (10)
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16 September 2015www.whatsonstage.comMark Valencia
Le nozze di Figaro (Royal Opera House)
Anita Hartig and Ellie Dehn share similar voice types, which makes their fourth-act shenanigans when Susanna and the Countess swap identities more convincing than usual. Each has a feather-light timbre – indeed, there were moments in "Dove sono" when Dehn's could have done with guy ropes to weigh it down – and they bring such airiness to their big duet, "Sull'aria", that they all but...