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Guardian: This week's cultural highlights: Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad and Enquirer
[The Guardian (blog)] - Classical Jakob Lenz Sam Brown's fussy production may blur the dramatic edges of Wolfgang Rihm's stark expressionist one-acter, but Andrew Shore is utterly compelling in the title role. Hampstead Theatre, London NW3 ( ), Tuesday, Thursday
Guardian: Jakob Lenz; Berlin Staatskapelle/Barenboim; Salieri Quartet; BBC Proms
[The Guardian] terms very little happens but this 75-minute production is utterly gripping, such is the quality of direction, the mesmerising set, the English translation by Richard Stokes and the central performance of the brilliant baritone Andrew Shore.
Google News: Rihm: Jakob Lenz
[Musical Criticism] - During ENO's new production of Wolfgang Rihm's chamber opera Jakob Lenz ( ), Andrew Shore, putting in an impressive turn in the title role, ends up getting dunked in an onstage pool of water no fewer than four times. New director on the block
Guardian: Jakob Lenz - review
[The Guardian] - It was a good choice for ENO to present in a smaller space, and in the Hampstead Theatre it would have been possible to generate the sense of immediacy and oppressiveness on which the opera depends, while vocally and dramatically Andrew Shore's
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