The Royal Opera - Written on Skin Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
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Written on SkinThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 19 |
Serenading the future |
22 Mar 13 / The Economist |
A brilliant collaboration cooks a mediaeval love story into a crisp modern fable |
17 Mar 13 / Independent on Sunday |
En piel y con sangre |
16 Mar 13 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
An impressive coming together of words, music and theatre |
15 Mar 13 / The Opera Critic |
Simplicity masks a wonderfully rich opera |
15 Mar 13 / The Jewish Chronicle |
Wife Hannigan eats lover’s heart in ‘Written on Skin’ |
13 Mar 13 / Bloomberg |
An enigmatic, strange, but nonetheless effective twenty-first century operatic achievement |
13 Mar 13 / Musical Criticism |
A riveting evening |
12 Mar 13 / Independent |
Whether the piece possesses sufficient clarity or focus to remain in the repertoire seems uncertain |
12 Mar 13 / The Stage |
George Benjamin’s orchestra is rich with percussion and sundry antique exotica |
12 Mar 13 / Evening Standard |
A triumphant work that carves out a unique place in modern opera |
12 Mar 13 / Financial Times |
An impressive production of a stage-work whose very real qualities can hardly be gainsaid |
11 Mar 13 / Classical Source |
In its glacial beauty, Written on Skin grabs the senses but not the soul |
11 Mar 13 / What's on Stage |
Weird and wonderful |
11 Mar 13 / The Guardian |
As Agnès, Barbara Hannigan is brilliantly striking |
11 Mar 13 / Music OMH |
After a long run of mediocrity at the Royal Opera, what joy to encounter something as enthralling and enchanting as this |
11 Mar 13 / Telegraph |
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House played their socks off under the composer’s baton |
10 Mar 13 / Opera Britannia |
A heavenly tale that gets under the skin |
9 Mar 13 / Independent |
New George Benjamin opera is skin-deep |
9 Mar 13 / The Arts Desk |
associated articles [+]
Soprano Barbara Hannigan: 'Where's the crazy stuff?'
Singing and conducting while dressed as an S&M police chief? Well, the Canadian soprano, currently starring in the Royal Opera House's Written on Skin, does like to take risks …
Singing and conducting while dressed as an S&M police chief? Well, the Canadian soprano, currently starring in the Royal Opera House's Written on Skin, does like to take risks …
A landmark in British opera
With George Benjamin's Written on Skin, British opera takes a bold step into the future.
With George Benjamin's Written on Skin, British opera takes a bold step into the future.
Production details
Cast
Purves, Hannigan, Mehta, Simmonds, Clayton
(c) Benjamin (d) Mitchell
Performance dates
8, 11, 16, 18, 22 March 2013
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