| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Jette Parker Young Artists Tenth Anniversary celebrated at ROH: Il Viaggio a Reims | Katy S Austin |
 BARDA.jpg) The Tenth Anniversary of the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artists Scheme is a landmark of no small size. This summer performance brought back some of the best singers it has produced for a semi-staged rendition of Rossini’s one-act 1825 opera Il Viaggio a Reims. It was a celebratory display of virtuoso held together with a generous dose of self-indulgence.
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| 19-May-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Robert Carsen's new Falstaff at Covent Garden | David Karlin |
 In the end, the big man gets the last laugh. Come to think of it, he also gets the first laugh, but for different reasons: you sense that Verdi steadily grew to love Falstaff in the course of writing the opera, as he turns from a coarse buffoon into a maligned old man and, eventually, into the spirit of laughter itself. Last night at Covent Garden, Italian Baritone Ambrogio Maestri was the perfect embodiment of the role: Maestri makes you feel that he loves Falstaff every bit as much as Verdi; a big man singing a larger than life role.Read full review... | ||
| 17-Jul-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | An all-star cast create opera history in the Royal Opera House's Tosca | Laura Kate Wilson |
 Ever since the Royal Opera House announced that two performances of its summer revival of Jonathan Kent's production of Tosca would feature an all-star cast, opera lovers all over the world have been desperately trying to get their hands on a golden ticket.
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| 17-Jul-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Venice - six scenes, ten young singers. | Katy S Austin |
 RICHARD H. SMITH 2011.jpg) A split-level stage featuring an ornate stairwell and scaffolding was the setting for this the tenth Jette Parker Young Artists’ Summer Performance. Entitled ‘Veneziana’, the specially compiled programme embodied the visions of Venice dreamt by Rossini, Donizetti, Britten and Offenbach in six sets of Opera Scenes. Greek-born Rodula Gaitano directed ten young singers in a selection of impassioned Venetian scenes from the nineteenth to twentieth-century opera repertory.Read full review... | ||
