Assassins
Company: Pimlico Opera
Lighting: Robin Carter
Set: Adrian Linford
Selected Review:
“Pimlico Opera’s latest venture is certainly an outstanding creative achievement” George Hall, Guardian
I Capuletti e i Montecchi
Revival Director: Ptolemy Christie
Original Production: Dominic Cooke
Company: Grange Park Opera @Neville Holt
Design: Robert Innes Hopkins
Nabucco
Company: Brent Opera
Lighting: Nigel Lewis
Set: Leah Sams
Selected Review:
Brent Opera's Nabucco was a triumph..
Cosi fan tutte
Company: Grange Park Opera @Neville Holt
Lighting: Jon Clark
Set: Adrian Linford
Selected Review:
'This was a thumping good Cosi: wonders never ceased… And the director Ptolemy Christie’s final twist? Brilliant.'
Roderick Dunnett, The Independent ****
The Barber of Seville
Company: Grange Park Opera @ Nevill Holt
Lighting: Jon Clark
Set: George Souglides & Emma Ryott
Selected Review:
Catch if you can Pimlico Opera’s delightful touring Barber of Seville, wittily directed by Ptolemy Christie. I haven’t enjoyed a Barber as much in years.
Hugh Canning, Sunday Times
Carmen
Company: Dulwich Opera Company
Lighting Design: Ptolemy Christie
Set: Leah Sams
Selected Review:
'Dulwich Opera Company’s Carmen was a convincingly successful show. This was mainly due to succinct musical direction and rigorous dramatic direction…….Christie injected energy into the production and cast'.
Louise Flind, Opera Today
Photographer: Alex Brenner
Cosi fan Tutte
Company: Dulwich Opera Company
Lighting Design: Ptolemy Christie
Set: Leah Sams
Selected Review:
'Lively and convincingly detailed, it benefits from the hand of an experienced director, Ptolemy Christie....'
Yehuda Shapiro, The Stage
La Traviata
Company: Winslow Hall Festival Opera
Lighting: George Bishop.
Set: Sam Steer
Costume Design : Diedrie Clancy
Selected Review:
'the central performances are truthful......every painful pause and repetition is made to count......this La Traviata belongs to Violetta and her lover.'
Anna Picard, The Times
Hansel & Gretel
Company: The Singing Salon
Director: Pippa Dames Longworth
Producer/ Wolf: Ptolemy Christie
Design: Tanya Dean