| The Royal Opera - L'Orfeo Reviews | 20 April 2024 |
Gyula Orendt (Orfeo)
Mary Bevan (Euridice)
Christopher Lowrey (Third Pastor), Gyula Orendt (Orfeo), Mary Bevan (Euridice), Anthony Gregory (First Pastor)
Susan Bickley (Silvia)
Gyula Orendt (Orfeo), Mary Bevan (Euridice)
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L'OrfeoThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 19 | |
Overall this is a rather mixed affair, strangely holding back from the theatrical spectacle it could provide |
 23 Jan 15 / A Younger Theatre |
Michael Boyd's production predictably preferred stage action to music |
| 21 Jan 15 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Michael Boyd’s Orfeo is a bold mix of formality and rough circus |
| 20 Jan 15 / Classical-music.com |
A despairing Orfeo |
| 19 Jan 15 / The Observer |
The vision of this production was extremely effective; however, its execution proved a little more challenging |
| 19 Jan 15 / Opera Britannia |
Vividly theatrical L'Orfeo at the Roundhouse |
| 19 Jan 15 / Planet Hugill |
Michael Boyd's L’Orfeo brings opera to new audiences with an excellent cast |
| 18 Jan 15 / Express |
The Royal Opera House makes many firsts in temple to rock |
| 17 Jan 15 / Independent |
Orendt’s commitment to the title role is absolute and unceasing |
| 17 Jan 15 / Opera Today |
Admirable singing but incoherent staging in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo |
| 16 Jan 15 / Seen and Heard |
Royal Opera’s Orfeo shouts its agenda so loudly the music struggles to be heard |
| 16 Jan 15 / The Spectator |
There's a tingling directness which makes it compelling |
| 15 Jan 15 / The Guardian |
This Royal Opera production boasts an outstanding cast but is too relentlessly sombre |
| 15 Jan 15 / Telegraph |
The Royal Opera experiments with a more informal venue |
| 15 Jan 15 / Financial Times |
Michael Boyd, making his operatic debut, produced a reading that was more pastor than pastoral |
| 15 Jan 15 / Music OMH |
Both vocally and physically, Gyula Orendt’s performance is entirely remarkable |
| 15 Jan 15 / The Stage |
The Royal Opera goes Shakespearean at the Roundhouse |
| 15 Jan 15 / Bachtrack |
The Royal Opera teams up with the Roundhouse for its first-ever staging of Monteverdi's opera |
| 15 Jan 15 / What's on Stage |
Michael Boyd’s production takes us back to those ancient Greek festivals of poetry and music |
| 15 Jan 15 / The Arts Desk |
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Orfeo at the Roundhouse: in rehearsal
The Royal Opera House and the Roundhouse’s co-production of Monterverdi’s L’Orfeo opens at the Roundhouse, London this week. David Levene went along to photograph one of the final rehearsals.
The Royal Opera House and the Roundhouse’s co-production of Monterverdi’s L’Orfeo opens at the Roundhouse, London this week. David Levene went along to photograph one of the final rehearsals.
Orfeo: looking back at Monteverdi’s masterpiece
Don Paterson thought writing a singable English version of a 17th-century Italian opera would be a breeze, until he found himself ‘fitting a set of spanners into a velvet box made for a dinner service’.
Don Paterson thought writing a singable English version of a 17th-century Italian opera would be a breeze, until he found himself ‘fitting a set of spanners into a velvet box made for a dinner service’.
Rachel Kelly, rising mezzo
The ROH Young Artist looks forward to appearing in Orfeo at the Roundhouse.
The ROH Young Artist looks forward to appearing in Orfeo at the Roundhouse.
Production details
Cast
Hurrell, Hurrell, Gregory, Sprague, Lowrey, Bevan, Orendt, Bevan, Bickley, Lowrey, Platt, Kelly, Thorpe, Sprague
(c) Curnyn (d) Boyd
Performance dates
13, 14, 16, 17, 23, 24 January, 2 March 2015
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13 Apr 24 / Bachtrack |