| The Royal Opera - Mitridate, re di Ponto Reviews | 17 April 2024 |
Bejun Mehta (Farnace), Albina Shagimuratova (Aspasia)
Michael Spyres (Mitridate)
Lucy Crowe (Ismene), Bejun Mehta (Farnace)
Salome Jicia (Sifare)
Jennifer Davis (Arbate)
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Mitridate, re di PontoThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 17 | |
Bejun Mehta slithers across the stage as the lizard-like Farnace |
 19 Jul 17 / A Younger Theatre |
Fondamentale per il successo dell'opera è tuttavia Michael Spyres |
| 19 Jul 17 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Un Mozart que promete… |
| 17 Jul 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Spyres et Crowe au sommet |
| 16 Jul 17 / Forum Opéra |
Les chanteurs savent faire vivre ces attributs inhabituels avec une élégance plus que convaincante |
| 7 Jul 17 / Anaclase |
Virtuosity galore, in a vivid, primary coloured spectacle |
| 3 Jul 17 / Planet Hugill |
Singing is of a dazzling order |
| 2 Jul 17 / Express |
Spyres and Crowe take the vocal honours at Covent Garden's Mitridate |
| 1 Jul 17 / Bachtrack |
A top cast dolls up for Mozart’s Mitridate |
| 1 Jul 17 / The Observer |
Modish production |
| 1 Jul 17 / Financial Times |
Rousset and Royal Opera dazzle with Mozart’s Mitridate |
| 29 Jun 17 / Seen and Heard |
Spectacular Mozart fireworks in sweet-wrapper costumes |
| 29 Jun 17 / The Guardian |
Albina Shagimuratova is glorious in the role of the King’s fiancée Aspasia, but Lucy Crowe is even better as Ismene |
| 28 Jun 17 / Express |
As a vehicle for glorious singing this was a delight |
| 28 Jun 17 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
A new generation of star singers in Covent Garden's venerable 1991 production |
| 28 Jun 17 / What's on Stage |
Albina Shagimuratova and Lucy Crowe offered the vocal high-points of this first-night performance |
| 28 Jun 17 / Classical Source |
Lucy Crowe, as Ismene, brings down the house with a soprano artistry beyond compare |
| 28 Jun 17 / Independent |
Production details
Cast
Spyres, Shagimuratova, Jicia, Mehta, Crowe, Davis, Tortise
(c) Rousset (d) Vick
Performance dates
26, 29 June, 1, 7 July 2017
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