| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2012 Hampstead Theatre | Rihm's Jakob Lenz at Hampstead Theatre: a Testament to Modern Opera |
 In the cosy confines of a packed Hampstead Theatre ENO’s English adaptation of Jacob Lenz produced an exciting, entertaining and emotionally draining 70 minutes of opera. Premiered in 1979 this is Rihm’s account of Sturm und Drang writer Jakob Lenz’s descent into madness. Friends with Goethe, Lenz was part of the romantic ‘set’ whose decline into madness is documented in Georg Büchner’s novella Lenz. The opera depicts his stay in a mountain retreat where his hallucinations, fantasies and the voices he hears lead him to attempt suicide no fewer than three times.Read full review... | |
| 30-Jun-2011 Grange Park Opera, Northington | “Such dangerous fascinations” Tristan & Isolde at Grange Park Opera |
 History has cast a complex light on Wagner’s music and on Wagner the man. But Tristan & Isolde (Wagner’s enormous vision of erotic love) is an opera that can still resonate today. Nietzsche referred to its “dangerous fascinations”, “spine-tingling and blissful infinity“ and “voluptuousness”. This was Grange Park Opera’s first foray into Wagnerian opera. They are based in an award-winning built opera house tucked away behind the imposing bulk of The Grange, a partially ruined mansion in glorious Hampshire countryside.Read full review... | |
