TriOperas Reviews

Jimmy from London,

TRIOPERAS INDEED

Thank you for this moving evening. This show doesn’t only showcase fabulous talent from such a young energetic cast... but the band are fantastic ! We loved Carmen! So fast and fun! All these young performers show such positive futures.. Turandot was a little lost in the story,but saved by the voice of Turandot. Who is she? Doesn’t say in the program! The young Carmen was also very good and butterfly was a lovely voice... suzuki blew us away the most :-) not sure who was playing who but bravo!

Jonathan from Deptford, London,

MAYBE NOT FOR THE PURIST!

Having attended the shows third opening preview night. I have to say Trioperas certainty is an high octane show which like marmite your going to love or hate. I felt the show succesfully captured the essence of 3 legendary operas, Turandot, Madam Butterfly and Carmen, each entire 'hours long' opera condenced into 3 x 35 minute segments, some feat in itself i'd say!. While I fully empathise with the previous reviewers comments I feel for audience members both young and old who have never experienced the power of opera or who thought opera was not for them, then this innovative modern format is highly likely too spur people onto going to see the full version. As someone whose attended countless operas .. YES there are numerous cardinal sins and irritations and this show is certainly going to irritate many purists. But certain aspects like Carmens Chinese style red Bull were utterly 5* inspiring, I also teared up during butterfly so yes I'm pleased I went to see this show.

Garry Ettle from London,

SOME LIKE IT HOT.

As a classical music lover, but not an opera 'buff, I wasn't sure what to expect. Triopera is a pastiche of the ideas in the 3 operas glimpsed. Not for me personally and a small group of musicians would.never do justice to the expensive music in the originals. However as an intro to opera... maybe. Just keep as open a mind to the 'real' thing as I had to, to this. I suspect 'Carmen' would be the first choice for the novice and rightly. But DO give the real thing a go. (Expect Chelsea football prices). G.

Anna from London,

FUNNY BUT NOT IN THE WAY INTENDED

talented singers and musicians let down by a production that does not work. The most feeble breakdancing routine ever seen in a production and so called aerial routines that are to put it bluntly dire - stage crew also provide much of the entertainment randomly appearing to rearrange the stage while the opera goes on around them. If you can stick it - and notably many walked out of the show it is worth staying for the bull who appears in Carmen. This is a marmite production but there must be some concern with the Peacock when the producer of the show takes an ad out to defend the production against the criticism it received in the times and performers and crew are aggressive and bullying of those who dare to criticise on social media

Kaye from London,

NOT READY FOR THE WEST END

This is the only West End show I have ever walked out of. From staging errors to singing mistakes, terrible scene choices and laughable gimmicks, this is truly the worst show I have ever seen. The English lyric concept fails to hit the mark, taking away from the beauty of the harmonies, whilst the fist bump, graffiti and spinning lights on the projector behind make the operatic arias comedic attempts at faux-modernism. Having the orchestra take up 1/3 of the stage and zip lines masquerading as aerial tricks is distracting. The rap mid opera was jarring and overall this play was a comedy of errors so bad that the cheap tickets are actually very expensive for what was offered. I feel very sorry for the cast but this would need an entire rewrite, rechoreograph and restaging to be fit for production.

Empfindlich from London,

APPALLINGLY DREADFUL

Utterly misconceived. Three very accessible operas reduced into 30 minute chunks punctuated by intervals that are almost as long as the operas themselves. The music, delivered by a band which looks like something one might encounter in a provincial bowls club on a Saturday night, lurches between forms, waved on by Pamela Tan playing a souped up electric piano. The singing was distinctly average, but the worst thing was the staging. What little of the stage the band wasn't occupying was covered in a succession of flimsy sets and props were constantly being wheeled on and off in the middle of scenes. I shan't forget the sight of two streetlights that had only just been manoeuvred onstage, being clumsily dragged off again in the middle of a very moving aria. In the end we didn't make it to Carmen. We left in the second interval. This is a disaster. A total waste of time. Worse than a second rate school play.

Dr. Susan Jones from London,

NICE IDEA SHAME ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

Wonderful thought to combine highlights from three starry operas but the reality was very different: brash acoustic, flat staging, and aggressive dynamics with no nuance or subtlety anywhere. Opera for idummies which does no one any favours. Singing throughout was amplified to extinction and difficult to gauge in terms of ability or talent. Apologies for this; but a sad waste of everybody’s time and effort.

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