Past Production Reviews
7Hannah Sawle brought off all the difficulties for which the role of the Queen of the Night is notorious
Her mother, played by Hannah Sawle, looking magnificent in a black and silver gown, despatched both the formidable Queen of the Night arias with confidence and technical accomplishment’
British-based Hungarian director, Bence Kalό, really made the most of this opportunity to showcase his talent.
Dorset Festival Opera’s production boasts a true star performance.
Opera Holland Park, London; Dorset Opera, Bryanston school, Blandford Forum A star-studded gathering of female opera talent provided the most harmonious of rallying cries. And a Massenet first in deepest Dorset
With the world première of Donizetti’s L’Ange de Nisida at Covent Garden, Mascagni’s rarity Isabeau at Holland Park and Verdi’s neglected Alzira redeemed by the Buxton Festival, this has proved a jamboree month for trainspotting opera buffs. Fans of the French romantic repertory can now thrill to the novelty of the first ever British staging of Massenet’s Le Cid – presented by the wonderful Dorset Opera, a summer camp accommodated in the idyllic grounds of Bryanston School, with a reputation for distinguished work created by students collaborating (albeit in limited rehearsal time) with first-rate professional soloists.
