Chelsea Opera Group - London | 23 April 2021 |

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Un Giorno di RegnoChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Chelsea Opera Group perform Verdi's first comic opera |
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Chelsea Opera assembled a balanced and committed cast |
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Bringing a rarity alive |
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A special evening that revealed Verdi’s first and little known comedy in all its glory |
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The DemonChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Chelsea Opera Group’s revelatory presentation of Rubinstein’s The Demon |
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Cardiff winner Andrei Kymach makes his mark |
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Andrei Kymach has a sappy virile voice, not without a hint of underlying steel, allied to a strong sense of musical line |
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MefistofeleChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
Chelsea Opera Group give a glorious performance of Boito’s Mefistofele |
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Vazgen Gazaryan as Mefistofele had a bass of immense focus, power and persuasion |
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The devil shares the good tunes |
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Rarity lit up by vocal dramatics |
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Elizabeth Llewellyn was at her radiant best in her two incarnations as Margherita and Elena |
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Rare outing for a 19th-century standout |
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NormaChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Music and drama combine in a wonderfully satisfying performance |
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Soloists excel in Chelsea Opera Group's Norma at Cadogan Hall |
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As Norma, Helena Dix's voice at its creamiest has allure, grace and poise |
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ThaïsChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Stephen Higgins led a thrilling and compelling account of the score |
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Mosè in EgittoChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Many moments across the evening felt truly overwhelming |
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Yet again Chelsea Opera Group has done a commendable service in reviving a now rarely-seen stage-work |
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Christmas EveChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
The performance as a whole was very spirited and effective |
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Bravo to Chelsea Opera Group for bringing another operatic rarity to life |
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NabuccoChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
A satisfying evening |
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In the title-role David Kempster gave a trenchant account of the over-confident King |
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Samson et DalilaChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
This performance was blessed with two extremely strong singers in the title roles |
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Versión de concierto de Samson et Dalila en el Cadogan Hall de Londres |
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As Dalila, Claudia Huckle displayed astonishing mastery of this fantastic siren role |
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Thrilling moments from a youthful cast in Saint-Saens' Samson et Dalila |
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Le Comte OryChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Nuns on the run: laughs aplenty in Chelsea Opera's Le Comte Ory |
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Rossini's Le Comte Ory makes a rare appearance in London |
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All in all this was hugely enjoyable |
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Il TrovatoreChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Gripping, high drama in Chelsea Opera Group’s Il Trovatore |
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At it hammer and tongs |
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Das LiebesverbotChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
Chelsea Opera Group make the case for Wagner flop |
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A triumph for the Chelsea Opera Group |
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Overall, this was a stimulating and hugely enjoyable evening of (re-)discovery |
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A Wagner rarity with no wine, no women and no carnival! |
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Chelsea Opera Group offers a rare chance to hear Wagner’s early Das Liebesverbot |
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ErnaniChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
In the title role Gwyn Hughes Jones asserted his tenor voice to produce a broad, expansive sound |
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Ernani en Londres: una sorpresa agradable |
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Gwyn Hughes Jones dominated a rip-roaringly good concert revival of Verdi’s cult thriller |
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Chelsea Opera Group’s spirited Ernani |
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Sweltering heat, Spanish passions |
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In the title-role Gwyn Hughes Jones gave full rein to his bright ringing tenor |
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Le Roi de LahoreChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
Chelsea Opera puts on memorable performance of neglected Massenet opera |
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Michael Spyres as Alim revealed a brilliantly full and rounded tenor sound that was tempered by lightness |
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Hurrah for Chelsea Opera group, performing another rarely heard piece |
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Michael Spyres demonstrated he has few equals in French music of this romantic period |
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To Paradise and back: a thrilling Le Roi de Lahore from Chelsea Opera Group |
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Voluptuous drama in a fantasy orient |
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Cristina, Regina di SveziaChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Cristina, Regina di Svezia emerges as an interesting point in operatic history |
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One queen is much like another in so-called “historical” Italian early to mid 19th-century opera |
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StiffelioChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Chelsea Opera Group’s excellent revival of rare Verdi |
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Stiffelio was one of the very few Verdi operas yet to be given by Chelsea Opera Group |
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I Capuleti e I MontecchiChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Chelsea Opera Group delivered a very strong concert performance |
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This high-voltage concert revival of Bellini's version of Romeo and Juliet was one of the group's finest achievements |
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AlziraChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
The line-up of soloists was strong |
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Chelsea Opera Group's concert performance of Verdi's much-maligned Alzira placed the emphasis on raw emotion and vocal thrills |
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Chelsea Opera Group exhumes a forgettable early Verdi opera |
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It richly deserves a staging |
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Unjust neglect? Chelsea Opera Group makes a good case for Verdi's Alzira |
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Even Verdi dismissed his eighth opera, Alzira, as a dreadful mistake, but it's not as bad as all that |
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Die FeenChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
Chelsea Opera Group should be praised for bringing this work to public attention |
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A thoroughly rewarding curiosity |
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Chelsea Opera Group exhumes a Wagner rarity with mixed results |
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The ambition behind presenting a Wagnerian rarity is to be welcomed |
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An enjoyable and often enthralling evening |
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The 20-year-old Wagner's uninspired but ambitious first opera strongly cast and conducted |
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Don QuichotteChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Robert Lloyd here fulfilled a long-held ambition by taking the rewarding title-role in London for the first time |
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Robert Lloyd's portrayal was superbly thought through, vividly capturing his grandeur and despair |
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Maria PadillaChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Outstanding performances from Miricioiu and Cornetti |
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Nelly Miricioiu sings title role in Donizetti’s Maria Padilla |
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La Forza del DestinoChelsea Opera GroupNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
An exciting concert performance |
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