Past Production Reviews
2“Nixon in China”, John Adams’s first opera is that rare – if not unique – phenomenon; namely a work which, at its première in Houston in October 1987, concerned people who were still alive and events which occurred some fifteen years beforehand and thus within the audience’s living memory. Over thirty years on from President Nixon’s visit to China, it is perhaps not so easy to appreciate its historical significance. Suffice it to say, the “old cold warrior” (as Alice Goodman’s libretto has Nixon describe himself) effectively ended China’s isolation from the West or, at the very least, started the process whereby full diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic and the United States were restored.
World-Premiere - THE FIRST CHILD by D. Dennehy & E. Walsh - NURSE Irish National Opera & Landmark Productions at Dublin Theatre Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "...delivered by ... a sublime Eric Jurenas as NURSE. To call ERIC JURENAS a revelation is to understate it considerably , not so much singing as channeling angels..." // ".... NURSE gesungen von einem überragenden Eric Jurenas .... Eric Jurenas eine Offenbarung zu nennen, wäre eine maßlose Untertreibung. Er singt nicht, er leitet Engel an..." (Theaterreview) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... while the unique timbres of singers...and, in particular, Eric Jurenas as NURSE provide a powerful reminder of the voice as instrument..." // ".... das besondere Timbre der einzelnen Stimmen, vor allem aber das von Eric Jurenas als NURSE war eine eindringliche Erinnerung an die Stimme als Instrument..." (The Irish Times) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "... and the NURSE sung by countertenor Eric Jurenas, is musically brilliant..." // "... und der KRANKENPFLEGER wurde von Countertenor Eric Jurenas brillant gesungen..." (Irish Independant)
