Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strauss - Garsington Opera
The Observer ***** “an unforgettable evening” - The Guardian **** “breathtakingly effective and beautiful” - The Telegraph **** - Bachtrack ***** “Bruno Ravella’s new production proves that if you embrace the contradictions rather than fighting them, the result can be pure, sublime operatic magic” - The arts desk ***** “golden thread leads to deep emotion” - The Times **** “serious Strauss hits the head and heart” - The Mail on Sunday ***** - Musical America ‘With much to say, and intriguing ways to say it, this new Ariadne auf Naxos is another feather in Garsington’s cap” - Hugh Canning from Operalogue “This Ariadne reaches for the Stars”
Designer Giles Cadle Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth Choreography Carmine de Amicis Clown consultants Coral Bevan and Ricky Hunt
Conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Photos (c) Clive Barda/Craig Fuller/Julian Guidera
Natalya Romaniw, Young Woo Kim, Jennifer France, Polly Leech, William Dazeley, John Graham-Hall, Marcus Farnsworth, Innocent Masuku, Ossian Huskinson, Richard Pinkstone, Claire Lees, Siân Griffiths, Harriet Eyley, Daniel Vening, Jonathan Eyers, Zahid Siddiqui, Walter van Dyk