"Discovering Hampstead Garden Opera for the first time is like stumbling upon some ancient temple, whose rites and initiations have been going on for centuries, but to which one has not been privy." – Roderic Dunnett for Opera Now Magazine Nov./Dec. 2008. Read the full review
"To find Idomeneo staged upstairs at a north London pub by a small, deeply impressive company from Hampstead - in a production that would not have disgraced ENO or WNO - took one by surprise." [...] "Look out eagerly for the same company's comic L'elisir d'Amore in the autumn.!" – Roderic Dunnett for Early Music Today Magazine.
"Hampstead Garden Opera was founded by Roy Budden in 1990. It has mounted more than 30 productions, usually two a year with young professionals. This Idomeneo is its 11th Mozart staging, and, I dare say, the boldest. Idomeneo is a massive undertaking for a company with slender resources and mostly reliant on individual patrons. Hampstead offered excellence in every department." – Roderic Dunnett for Opera Magazine. Read the full review
The sea-god Poseidon (Neptune) saves the life of the King of
Crete on his return from the Trojan war - but exacts a terrible price.
The king must sacrifice the first mortal he meets – who turns
out to be his son. Is there any justice in the world? Can human love
triumph over the demands of the gods?
English translation by
David Parry.
The
Dionysus Ensemble under the direction of Katrine
Reimers as Conductor and Music Director
Assistant Music Director - Alastair Macgeorge
Répétiteurs - Suzy Ruffles, Mimma Cardullo and
Ioana Osoianu
Production
Director - Sebastian Harcombe
Designer - Nicolai Hart-Hansen.
Lighting - Cameron Bannister.
Idomeneo
- Philip Modino (April 10, 12, 18, 20 mat) and George Smart (April 11,
13 mat, 17, 19)
Idamante -
Louise Adamson (April 12, 17, 18, 20 mat) and Violetta Gawarra (April
10, 11, 13 mat, 19)
Ilia -
Stefanie Kemball-Read (April 10, 12, 18, 20 mat) and Julia Hessey
(April 11, 13 mat, 17, 19)
Elettra -
Helen-Julie Johnson (April 10, 12, 18, 20 mat) and Hannah Sawle (April
11, 13 mat, 17, 19)
Arbace/High Priest
- Philip Hayes (April 10, 12, 18, 20 mat) and Alex Routledge (April 11,
13 mat, 17, 19)
Voice of Neptune
- Danny Smyth (April 10, 12, 18, 20 mat) and Matt Jelf (April 11, 13
mat, 17, 19)
With the HGO chorus - Amaia Arregui, Katy Butcher, Claudia Conway, Jessica Flynn, Matthew Holt, Liz Hunt, Iris Korfker, Antonia Leach, Martin Musgrave, Jill Noakes, Nicola Ogborn and Katy Powis. (Soloists – Katy Powis, Iris Korfker, Katy Butcher, Amaia Arregui, Martin Musgrave and Matthew Holt).
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