“ Every member of the cast gets at least one high wire vocal act – most flamboyantly, Claire Booth’s dazzling display of coloratura acrobatics. It’s tricky stuff with an abundance of high-energy, rapid coloratura arias and meltingly languid largos. British soprano Claire Booth as jilted fiancée Princess Irene oozed ire and pathos in her vocal fireworks.” – The Irish Examiner “ Irish National Opera have assembled an outstanding cast of six singers. “Crafting a detailed, rigorous and complete performance a sublime Claire Booth lights up the stage every time she enters, and singing is utterly spellbinding.” – The Arts Review “Soprano Claire Booth is superb as the girl-on-the-make Irene - her aria at the end of Act 1 infuses the coloratura vocal inflections with a spoilt rage.” – Independent Ireland

Bajazet will mark Claire Booth’s return to ROH Linbury Theatre, following her appearance in the title role of Handel’s Berenice in 2019.

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The new Irish National Opera production (directed by Adele Thomas, and featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra conducted by Peter Whelan) toured extensively across Ireland in January 2022, and will soon culminate in 6 sold-out performances at the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre on 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12 February 2022. British soprano Claire Booth receives a flurry of glowing reviews for her performances of Irene, Princess of Tresbisond, in Vivaldi’s thriller opera Bajazet.

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