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The Makropulos Case
Opens: 11/08/2012 Closes: 22/11/2012
Opera North, UK Tour
A lesser man might be embarrassed; but Leos Janacek allowed his lifelong, unrequited love for Kamila Stösslová to inspire not only a string quartet, but three of his operas. The spectre of 'Paní' Stösslová is centre stage again as Opera North open the Edinburgh International Festival – their first performance there for eight years – with veteran director Tom Cairns at the helm.
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Guardian“There are a couple of lapses...” What is faultless, though, is Richard Farnes's conducting, which is superb in its passion, elation and drive throughout...
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The Telegraph“Cool and lucid and refreshingly untricksy...” The star is Richard Farnes, who conducts his orchestra with a finely judged sense of the work’s febrile modernist edge and urban restlessness: under his electrifying baton, the music reaches a white heat of intensity...
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The Stage“An enthralling, slick version of Janacek’s 1926 masterpiece...” Brings a modern looseness that immensely lifts and propels the complex score. Add to that Hildegard Bechtler’s simple but sumptuous 1920s set and costumes, and you have a vibrant production to die for...
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Financial Times“Little to define it...” Opera North’s music director let the music blaze, maintaining a flawless balance between its tensile pulse and lyrical glow. He and his orchestra alone made this otherwise disappointing production worthwhile...
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