Reader Reviews
La Donna Del Lago (Royal Opera House, West End)
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 | I would have no qualms about scoring 4 for the singing, but the staging is sucha a mess, it has to be an overall 3. The orchestra played well but the onstage band were awful - was that deliberate. The production was pretentious at best. It shows that the director has no faith in the work. A group of clansman act like a bad touring production of G & S in the old D'Oyly Carte days. The singing, however was specatcular from all the principals. They were all greeted with a barrage of cheers and applause, unlike the production team, which was roundly booed - and there was no counter-cheering at all. This is the worst booing I have heard at Covent Garden for a long time. Perhaps it is time for the directors to listen to the people who are actually paying for tickets, rather than critics, who, if they enjoy this sort of rubbish so much, would be willing to pay for their tickets in future. - Anthony Russell | 20 May 13 |
