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Satyagraha
Opens: 25/02/2010 Closes: 26/03/2010
ENO, London
Philip Glass's contemplation of Gandhi's youth and his struggle for the concept of non-violent protest is revived by the ENO. Satyagraha's return to London is highly anticipated following its successful staging at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. A spectacular production.
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Time Out“Only a Gandhi scholar could figure out what is going on... ” It comprises three hours of endlessly repeating, over-extended orchestral and vocal figures; and with the soundscape scored for just strings and woodwind, the effect is like a cantata accompanied by a giant Wurlitzer...
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The Stage“The biggest blast of energy...” The audience seems prepared to make the required leap of faith. For the most part, conductor Stuart Stratford secures amazingly precise work, given the stupefyingly repetitive nature of the score...
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The Times“What more do you want from your opera?...” This is the force of the single, simple gesture; like Glass’s music, its power comes from the repeats. It’s disturbing, inspiring, uplifting. So what more do you want from your opera?...
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The Independent“Spellbindingly beautiful...” I was caught and held by the sheer beauty of the staging, singing, and playing in the pit. So perfect that the evening’s events seem governed by the regular pulse of the heart. This show as a whole is a masterpiece. Book now...
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The Telegraph“Boy, ENO's production looks good...” Without doubt, it ranks as one of the most fantastically beautiful spectacles ever presented on this stage, charged with a poetic richness of imagination that the music so wretchedly lacks...
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Whatsonstage.com“Amazing things on stage...” A critical and commercial success, attracting first-time opera-goers as much as anyone else. A skills ensemble from Improbable achieve amazing things on stage using the simplest means: newspapers stream up and down, and bundle into giant puppets...
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Guardian“A landmark in recent London opera...” Admiration is redoubled most of all, though, for McDermott and Crouch, who trust the music to work its hypnotic spell, and balance its moments of stasis against the freewheeling, dramatically appropriate imagery. It's a must-see for anyone...
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MusicOMH“A lush, warmly coloured production...” The opera was a moving, calming experience, yet it transmitted an inner energy, rather like a meditation session - a power that should not be underestimated...
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