Puccini La Fanciulla del West Opera Holland Park, June 2014 Director Stephen Barlow Lighting Richard Howell

Reviews

... easy on the eye: the costumes for the girls are pure eye candy, grimy miners are replaced by smart young squaddies (apparently engaged in nuclear tests) and Yannis Thavoris’s sets are very attractive, especially Minnie’s cabin in Act II. (bachtrack)

... the designs by Yannis Thavoris are nicely imaginative... (WhatsOnStage.com)

In this production by Stephen Barlow, one of the best I recall seeing at Holland Park, the wonderful designs by Yannis Thavoris are beautifully lit by Richard Howell. Minnie’s house in Act II was a delight, and when Johnson enters and gives her a kiss we see snow falling on the garbage bins outside, while an electric fire warms the interior. At the start of Act III the house cleverly folds up, and when Minnie arrives towards the end of the act the panorama is suffused with a lovely sunset glow... this is a production not to be missed. (markronan.com)

... the sets being sleek and economical and the costuming fabulous... (classicalsource.com)

... cleverly designed by Yannis Thavoris... (Opera Britannia)

... nimbly designed by Yannis Thavoris. (Observer)

... it really was a show, Susannah Glanville's gun toting first entrance was quite a coup. (Planet Hugill)

... the visuals, in Yannis Thavoris's designs, were amusing... (Opera News)