Tag Archives: William Morgan

Merry Widow, Opera Holland Park, June 2025

Sadly this delightful Viennese operetta was converted into a story set in New York dealing with the criminal underworld. This necessitated wholesale changes to the libretto, and the performers were required to speak in New York accents, which really didn’t work — see my review in The Article.

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The Pirates of Penzance, English National Opera, Dec 2024

This was a very welcome revival of Mike Leigh’s colourful production, which appeals, as Gilbert always intended, to both the eye and the ear. The singing was not on the same level as when the production was new, but everything otherwise worked very well – see my review in The Article.

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