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| Reviews | 11 May 2024 |
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Pelléas et MélisandeGarsington OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
La soirée n’a pas été des meilleures |
 13 Jul 17 / Anaclase |
The main musical satisfaction of this new Pelléas et Mélisande was the intense playing of the Philharmonia Orchestra |
| 22 Jun 17 / The Spectator |
Garsington Opera’s provocative and compelling staging of Pelléas et Mélisande |
| 21 Jun 17 / Seen and Heard |
Andrea Carroll makes a bewitching Mélisande in Debussy’s decadent opera |
| 21 Jun 17 / Financial Times |
Light and shade |
| 20 Jun 17 / Bachtrack |
Andrea Carroll’s Mélisande is her UK debut and it’s an impressive one |
| 20 Jun 17 / Music OMH |
Michael Boyd directs and the Philharmonia Orchestra plays Debussy's opera |
| 19 Jun 17 / What's on Stage |
Boyd brings the opera’s dreams and mysteries into landscapes that are lit, symbolically and figuratively, with precision |
| 19 Jun 17 / Opera Today |
Fresh light on Debussy's mysterious fairytale |
| 19 Jun 17 / The Guardian |
Andrea Carroll’s exquisite performance is the highlight of this mixed staging of Debussy’s only opera |
| 19 Jun 17 / The Times |
Positively amateurish |
| 18 Jun 17 / Telegraph |
Boyd treads a fine line between realism and poetic evasiveness |
| 17 Jun 17 / Classical Source |
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| 1. | The Hours Metropolitan Opera |
| 2. | Tannhäuser Oper Frankfurt |
| 3. | Das Rheingold Dallas Symphony Orchestra |
| 4. | Lohengrin Vienna State Opera |
| 5. | Il trittico Dutch National Opera |
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