LARMES DE COUTEAU. MARTINŮ. ROYAL OPERA HOUSE.
THE TIMES
“I DOUBT I WILL BE THE ONLY PERSON TO COME OUT OF THIS DOUBLE BILL WITH A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE…SUCH IS THE LIGHT TOUCH, MISCHIEVOUS ENERGY AND SHEER VISUAL INVENTIVENESS”
★★★★ THE GUARDIAN
“THE MIRACLE OF THIS DOUBLE BILL FROM THE ROYAL OPERA’S JETTE PARKER ARTISTS WAS HOW INTENSELY GRIPPING IT WAS”
★★★★ THE OBSERVER
“NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE SKILL NEEDED TO FRAME THE IRREGULAR, TO MAKE ELEGANT THAT WHICH IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE WHILE KEEPING ANARCHY INTACT. THE LINBURY THEATRE’S DOUBLE BILL OF TWO DADA-ESQUE CHAMBER OPERAS HAS DONE JUST THAT”
★★★★ THE STAGE
“DELIGHTFULLY REALISED…BOTH STAGINGS LOOK A TREAT”
AT THE STATUE OF VENUS/LA VOIX HUMAINE. HEGGIE/POULENC. GREEN OPERA.
★★★★ OPERA MAGAZINE
LA VOIX HUMAINE – “BURKE’S PARED-BACK STAGING WAS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE”
★★★★ PLAYS TO SEE
“BOTH WORKS ARE BEAUTIFULLY ASSEMBLED AND STRIKE SPARKS OFF ONE ANOTHER”
“THE SWITCHBACK OF PASSIONATE LOVE, ANGER, REGRET, SELF-HATRED AND LOSS OF SELF-RESPECT IS PRESENTED WITH GRUESOME PLAUSIBILITY”
“IT IS A FINE DIRECTORIAL TOUCH BY ELEANOR BURKE TO MAKE ‘ELLE’ PREGNANT, THUS GIVING US AND THE PERFORMER A READY MEANS TO UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT AND FIERCENESS OF HER DESPERATION, EVEN FROM THE OUTSET OF THE CALL.”
★★★★ THE STAGE
“LUCID AND ABSORBINGLY RICH”
AT THE STATUE OF VENUS “RIDES THE WAVE OF THE QUICK-CUTTING THOUGHTS: THE SELF-DOUBT, THE AWKWARDNESS AND ALSO THE FLASHES OF HUMOUR”
LA VOIX HUMAINE – “UTTERLY COMMANDING”
“IT ALL LEADS TO A CLIMAX IN WHICH THE PAIN OF LOSS IS OVERLAID WITH THAT OF CONTRACTIONS. IS THIS A LOSS AND A BIRTH, OR A DOUBLE LOSS?”
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OPERA TODAY
“A TENDER AND TROUBLED PORTRAIT OF POETIC PROFUNDITY”
“REAPED HUGE EMOTIONAL AND DRAMATIC REWARDS.”
JETTE PARKER SUMMER SHOWCASE. ROYAL OPERA HOUSE.
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN. JANÁČEK. HAMPSTEAD GARDEN OPERA.
★★★★ HAM & HIGH
“‘MAGICAL’ IS A WORD MUCH OVERUSED BY THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THE BLURBS FOR OPERAS – BUT IN THE CASE OF HGO’S LATEST PRODUCTION AT NEWLY REFURBISHED JACKSON’S LANE, IT'S MERITED.”
“....RISING STAR DIRECTOR ELEANOR BURKE’S, ENCHANTING PRODUCTION”
★★★★ THE STAGE “DELIGHTFUL”
“BURKE’S PRODUCTION COMMUNICATES BOTH THE CHILDISH LIGHT-HEARTEDNESS AND THE COMPLEX MATURITY OF JANÁČEK’S OPERA WITH FLAIR AND CONVICTION.”
★★★★ PLAYS TO SEE
“THIS SPLENDID PRODUCTION BY ELEANOR BURKE FOR HAMPSTEAD GARDEN OPERA IS CERTAINLY DELIGHTFUL AND CAPTURES THE LIVES OF THE WOODLAND CREATURES WITH VERVE AND JOY”.
BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE. BARTÓK. GREEN OPERA.
★★★★★ BRITISHTHEATRE.COM
“THIS PRODUCTION THOROUGHLY WON ME OVER TO A CHAMBER-SCALE PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK – IT ENHANCES THE DRAMA BY DRAWING YOU IN, WHILE LOSING LITTLE RESONANCE IN THE REDUCTION OF ORCHESTRAL SCALE”
“WE LEFT WITH LOTS TO THINK ABOUT AND THE MEMORY OF A RIGOROUS, TECHNICALLY IMPRESSIVE, AND DEMANDING PERFORMANCE – IN THE BEST SENSE.”
★★★★ PLAYS TO SEE
“IN THIS FINE VERSION – PRESENTED BY GREEN OPERA FOR THE GRIMEBORN FESTIVAL – THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC STUDIO AT THE ARCOLA PROVES TO BE AN IDEAL SPACE TO INTENSIFY THE LOOMING SENSE OF DOOM THAT BUILDS THROUGH THE OPERA”.