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Jonelle Sills debuts in La Bohème at the COC

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It wasn’t supposed to happen for another couple of weeks but Jonelle Sills jumped into the COC’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème as Mimi on Sunday afternoon, replacing an indisposed Amina Edris.  It added some spice to a production I’ve seen rather a lot of times before.  I don’t have a lot to say about the production that I haven’t said before.  It’s still efficient and serviceable and it’s always looked a bit (not inappropriately) down at heel.  If it’s now a bit more worn and faded t doesn’t detract from that.  If you want more detail here’s a link to my May 2019 review.

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Kupfer/Barenboim Ring – 4. Götterdämmerung

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I think it’s only with the final instalment of the Kupfer/Barenboim Ring that its true power is apparent.  The first three instalments are very fine but Götterdämmerung is devastating.  All the elements that have been progressively introduced are seamlessly combined.  Add to that extraordinarily intense performances from Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), Philip Kang (Hagen) and, above all, Anne Evans (Brünnhilde) and one has something very special indeed.

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Kupfer/Barenboim Ring – 3. Siegfried

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We seem to be in some kind of post apocalyptic wasteland.  Mime’s hut looks like a re-purposed storage tank but the bear and the forest are more or less realistic.  It’s all very dark and there’s quite a lot of use of pyrotechnics.  This is also our first look at Siegfried Jerusalem’s Siegfried and he is very good indeed.  He captures the hero’s youthful vigour and arrogance extremely well.  There is a strong performance too from a rather manic Graham Clark as Mime and John Tomlinson continues as a reckless and wild Wanderer.

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