TriOperas Reviews

Mya from London,

FABULOUS USE OF OPERA !

One of the best nights out at the theatre ! Must be seen !

Jamie Yaskiw from London,

BEST SHOW I'VE SEEN IN LONDON

Saw this on my last night in London; ( I am from Canada) and after I had seen Chicago and Mamma Mia on this trip. I went to Trioperas with friends and we found it so fresh and different from anything else. Rich, spectacular, exciting - no one blinked for the whole show. Congratulations on a great show!

Suzanne from London,

FANTASTIC

I took my 14 year old granddaughter to this as an introduction to opera and it was brilliant. The shirt version of the classics with modern dance and circus type dramas was perfect and different! Not quite sure why you would go if you wanted to see the normal opera performance. Different is good and will attract a wider younger audience.

from London,

TRIOPRA

Outstanding performance by everyone will definitely be back to watch the show again. I thought Keedie was fantastic her voice took me to a different world. Wow!

Allan and hellen from London,

TRIOPERAS

My wife and I were recommended by friends to go and watch trioperas we weren’t disappointed it was a fantastic show all the cast were suburb especially a young lady called Keedie what a voice fantastic

Miss Music. from London,

JUST WOW

One of the best west end shows I’ve ever seen !! Powerful voices !! Keedie ——/ where did she spring from ????? Why has she only just hit our west end stages ???? She was the star for me !!! The harmonies/dancing and setting were also fantastic!! Will try and come again before it finishes !!!

Maureen from Devon

LOVED IT

Having never been to an opera before I was thrilled that this was my first experience. The show is full of vibrancy and keeps you captured through each of the performances. The voices are outstanding especially Keedie she has such a range of notes which is incredible. I would thoroughly recommend this show .

Glynda from Wales

TRY AN OPERA

Came to Trioperas this evening, to feel magic !! I left feeling just that. Each opera having its own twist ... I did not leave feeling empty.. but hungry for more. The band were amazing especially the man on the violin. Each cast member with their own exceptional talents. Not sure who played suzuki but she blew our minds... such a voice with so much warmth. Carmen was a beautiful actress and Micaela another one with a voice from the gods we loved it!! Well done to the whole cast of Trioperas !!

My name.... Bond....Roy Bond from London,

SOMETHING DIFFERENT

So it’s 3 operas, ok I read reviews not that I take a blind bit of notice as it’s each to their own. Turandot, first 5 mins I thought I was on a major acid trip but warmed to it towards the end. 20 min break for toilet, ice cream and quick smoke Madam Butterfly was enjoyable, very nice indeed. 20 min interval, another ice cream, quick visit to the toilet to powder my nose and quick stiff drink. Carmen was fab, really enjoyed that. It was lovely and loved the bull and noticed there were 3 Carmens, see if you can or did spot that! I’m going again with my friends and we are going to have fun! All members of the cast were fab, well done to them, I couldn’t sing any better so I can’t even slate them off if they were not loud enough or flat as some people have said above. Give it a try, it’s better than the old purist crowd who go and complain as they are such critics.... I have to say all the staff at the Peacock Theatre were so polite and lovely.

Sandra from London,

LOVED IT

Today I visited this show, that didn’t only move me, but lifted my spirits and change my whole look on opera. Little did I know that I was going to be exploring a world of pure genius.. the director has created a segment of each opera to which is much more enjoyable then sitting through a whole version of each individually. The music was placed perfectly with each note taking you to pure bliss. The vocals were wonderful! The lady playing suzuki needs to be at the opera house. That’s how a role should be played , moving to say the least, with passion and vocals that were gentle but lifted at the right times.... bravo we will come again.

Jolene from London,

WE WANT MORE

Trioperas will leave you wanting more. What an energetic show ! Will have to come again to take it all in ... congratulations

Lois from Leicester

TRIOPERAS

Beautiful performances, great modern adaptation on 3 operas. Some great unexpected extras in there! All the best bits .... loved it.

Maverick from London,

STUNNING EMOTIVE PERFORMANCE

Sat front row,maybe in hindsight a mistake as the tears that caressed the cheeks of the actress playing lui ( Lucy Kay )in the emotive death scene in Madama Butterfly soon had several front row audience members in tears , including myself. This show is a stunning spectacle , beautiful soprano voices both individually and collectively.with an ochestra on stage and aerial trapeze artists above the audience you need to be alert so as not to miss anything .Looking forward to seeing this show again,good seats good tickets prices . Got the program the tshirt the fridgemagnet and the cool Trioperas etched glass mug .

Veronica from London,

TRIOERAS

Brilliant show enjoyed the breaks so we could get a drink with out arush brilliant singing dancing the ene of the show got a stand ovateration we went on Saturday 26 may

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.

JV from London,

AWEFUL

Even with 72% discount tickets I felt cheated out of good money. The staging, acts, and music are appalling and wouldn't see them through the audition stage of BGT. This show is a massive failure and we were by no means the only people to walk out at the second, long interval (some already left after part one).

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