The Royal Opera - Quartett Reviews | 25 April 2024 |
Performance reviews
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QuartettThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 10 |
An excellent production of a rich and thought-provoking work |
28 Jun 14 / Musical Criticism |
A post-apocalyptic take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Linbury Studio Theatre |
26 Jun 14 / The Spectator |
Francesconi’s Quartett a chess game with people’s souls |
23 Jun 14 / Seen and Heard |
Admirably incomprehensible |
22 Jun 14 / The Observer |
Dour and discomforting but ultimately rewarding |
21 Jun 14 / The Guardian |
Generic wittering |
20 Jun 14 / Telegraph |
Only at the end are there glimpses of a powerful opera |
20 Jun 14 / Financial Times |
The whole is a death-obsessed whirlpool of existential recrimination and regret |
20 Jun 14 / Classical Source |
Leigh Melrose enters his role with abandon and sings with great stamina |
20 Jun 14 / The Stage |
The music tries everything to keep our attention and perhaps that's why it fails |
20 Jun 14 / What's on Stage |
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Luca Francesconi: do you dare go to his opera?
It's violent, blasphemous, nihilistic and cynical. Composer Luca Francesconi tells why his end-of-world opera Quartett is essential viewing.
It's violent, blasphemous, nihilistic and cynical. Composer Luca Francesconi tells why his end-of-world opera Quartett is essential viewing.
Production details
Cast
Chavez/Voje, Melrose/Stone
(c) Gourlay (d) Fulljames
Performance dates
18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 June 2014
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