English National Opera - War Requiem Reviews | 24 April 2024 |
Performance reviews
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War RequiemEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 12 |
A thoughtful production by ENO's artistic director Daniel Kramer |
13 Dec 18 / Express |
Sobre héroes y tumbas |
3 Dec 18 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Kramer’s vision and Tilmans’s unforgettable photography create a powerful War Requiem |
21 Nov 18 / Seen and Heard |
Inspiration eludes Kramer in Britten's War Requiem at English National Opera |
20 Nov 18 / Bachtrack |
Staging Britten's War Requiem |
20 Nov 18 / Opera Today |
This tale of suffering and the struggle to understand the reason for it was superb |
20 Nov 18 / Independent |
Staging Britten's choral masterpiece brings uncertain rewards |
20 Nov 18 / The Guardian |
A mesmerising performance |
20 Nov 18 / Londonist |
Staging the unstageable, Daniel Kramer and ENO's striking version of Britten's large-scale concert work |
19 Nov 18 / Planet Hugill |
ENO's attempt to turn Britten's choral masterpiece into an opera had all the subtlety of a fifth-form school play |
19 Nov 18 / Telegraph |
Daniel Kramer directs an unforgettable staging |
18 Nov 18 / The Stage |
For all the staging’s moments of visual grandeur, it is sympathetic to the music |
17 Nov 18 / Classical Source |
Production details
Cast
Bell, Butt Philip, Williams
(c) Brabbins (d) Kramer
Performance dates
16, 22, 27, 29 November, 4, 7 December 2018
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