Opera Australia - Krol Roger Reviews | 28 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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Krol RogerOpera AustraliaNo. of reviews: 7 |
Congratulations OA for bringing this wonderful work to Sydney audiences! |
24 Jan 17 / Alt Media |
Sicilian inspiration: Szymanowski's King Roger arrives in Sydney |
24 Jan 17 / Bachtrack |
Opera Australia’s King Roger takes you (quite literally) inside the conflicted mind of the King |
23 Jan 17 / The AU Review |
Szymanowski’s King Roger ushers audiences inside monarch’s head |
23 Jan 17 / The Australian (via Google) |
Rich, strange and seductive |
23 Jan 17 / Sydney Morning Herald |
Presented with stunning imagery, King Roger is powerful and thought provoking |
22 Jan 17 / Broadway World |
Szymanowski rarity marries spectacular staging with an intense erotic charge |
22 Jan 17 / Limelight |
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King Roger turns a decent profit for Opera Australia
Szymanowski's magnum opus was seen by many as a box office risk, but ended up exceeding its budget.
Szymanowski's magnum opus was seen by many as a box office risk, but ended up exceeding its budget.
Opera Australia stages King Roger, its first opera in Polish
To be an opera star, it helps to be a natural linguist as well as an exceptional singer.
To be an opera star, it helps to be a natural linguist as well as an exceptional singer.
King Roger is like "Turandot and Tristan at the same time"
Saimir Pirgu discusses the challenges and excitement of taking on the Shepherd in Szymanowski's operatic masterpiece.
Saimir Pirgu discusses the challenges and excitement of taking on the Shepherd in Szymanowski's operatic masterpiece.
Production details
Cast
Honeyman, Gore, Egglestone, Pirgu, Dubinsky, Matthews
(c) Molino (d) Holten
Performance dates
20, 28, 31 January, 2, 4, 8, 11(m), 15 February 2017
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