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The rape of Lucretia

Benjamin Britten

Reviews (11)

BBC music magazine

2014 January

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Malcolm Hayes

2014 January

"The main cast delivers a superlative response from start to finish, headed by baritone Christopher Maltman's bull-like Tarquinius and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly's harrowingly intense Lucretia ... Top-flight instrumental playing enhances an impressive release".

BBC music magazine

2016 November

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Anna Picard

2016 November

"Vurdering: BBC music opera choice" - "A cast ideally balanced in ability and imagination, and a staging that had matured beautifully since its first, slightly unfocused incarnation as a touring production in 2013. Conducted by Leo Hussain, the playing of the 11 members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne pianist Helen Collyer is matchless ... The singing is eloquent and sensual, with a beautifully blended Male and Female chorus ... a grave and loving Lucretia and Collatinus ... It remains an astonishing live performance".

Klassisk

2016, nr. 43

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Esben Tange (f. 1961)

2016, nr. 43

"Alle sceniske klichéer er skrællet bort i en iscenesættelse, der skrider frem med ceremoniel strenghed ... med musikere fra London Philharmonic Orchestra ledet af Leo Hussain har vi at gøre med musikere, der kan deres Britten på fingrene. I solistkorpset står de to kvindelige hovedfigurer stærkt".

International record review

2014 February

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William Hedley

2014 February

"John Mark Ainsley is superb, vocally just right and with a strong stage presence ... Sarah Connolly is quite simple magnificent as Lucretia, taking the audience with her throughout ... The orchestra plays very well and the work is expertly paced by Paul Daniel ... The set is minimalist, with all the compromises that go with it ... This is a thought-provoking and ultimately satisfying attempt at a solution. It is also superbly well sung, played and acted".

The gramophone

2014 February

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David Patrick Stearns

2014 February

"McVicar typically finds clarity and purpose amid the opera's convoluted story-telling ... Connolly's performance sets a standard that's perhaps as important to The Rape of Lucretia as Jon Vickers was to Peter Grimes. Daniel makes every note count in this ultra-spare score".

Fono Forum

2014 Februar

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Manuel Brug

2014 Februar

"Die grossartige Sarah Connolly in der Titelrolle, Christopher Maltman als mieser Vergewaltiger Tarquinius sowie Orla Boylan und John Mark Ainsley als weiblicher und männlicher, das Geschehen kommentierender Chorus fügen sich blendend in David McVicars praktikabel zeitlose Visualisierung, die vom Orchestra of the English National Opera und dem kompetenten Paul Daniel packen geschürt wird".

Diapason

2014 septembre

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Didier van Moere

2014 septembre

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or".

The gramophone

2016 Awards

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Tim Ashley

2016 Awards

"Vurdering: Editor's choice" - "Its beautifully acted and sung. Rice wrings your heart throughout and her self-lacerating final scenes have a harrowing immediacy ... Conductor Leo Hussain gets finely detailed playing from his LPO instrumentalists ... François Roussillon films it in remorseless close-up, which adds to the emotional nakedness of it all, though we could, on occasion, do with wider stage pictures".

Diapason

2016 decembre

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Jean-Charles Hoffelé

2016 decembre

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or".

Fono Forum

2016 Oktober

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Manuel Brug

2016 Oktober

"Die nachdrückliche Christine Rice in der Titelrolle, der muskulöse Duncan Rock als mieser Vergewaltiger Tarquinius sowie Kate Royal und Allan Clayton als wieblicher und männlicher Chorus fügen sich blendend in Fiona Shaws praktikable Visualisierung ... und die vom London Philharmonic Orchestra unter Leon Hussein packend begleitet wird".

Fono Forum

2006 Juni

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Gerhard Persché

2006 Juni

"Freilich zeigt manche Grossaufnahme, dass die Mimik des für den Raum gedachten Kunstgesangs dem Medium Fernsehen nicht unbedingt entgegenkommt ... Doch insgesamt ist hier eine wichtige Aufführung der ENO ... mit einem sensiblen Dirigenten und formidablen Sängern".

Vurdering (Szene): 4/5.

Vurdering (Musik): 5/5.