A Midsummer Night's Dream - Linbury Studio

5 December 2005

by George Hall

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera

“The lovers too are a pleasing group vocally… the twists and turns of their amorous engagements and disengagements need the clearest exposition, and here only Grant Doyle's Demetrius makes a consistently full-on impression…”

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Linbury Studio

4 December 2005

by Anthony Holden

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera

"...all four young lovers: Katie van Kooten, Tove Dahlberg, Robert Murray and Grant Doyle...acted with as much sparkle as they sang in the unsparing intimacy of the studio theatre..."

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Linbury Studio

29 November 2005

by Edward Bhesania

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera

"...From an outstanding cast, highlights are.....Grant Doyle's golden-voiced Demetrius...."

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Linbury Studio

29 November 2005

by Richard Morrison

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera

"...(The emphasis is) on the play's truly naturalistic element: the capacity of human nature to torment itself with jealousy or perceived slights. That is superbly conveyed by these four lovers: Tove Dahlberg, Katie van Kooten, Grant Doyle and Robert Murray. And the fact that they also sing well and look sexy is a bonus, especially as they spend a lot of time clambering in and out of bunk-beds in their undies...."

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Linbury Studio

29 November 2005

by Stephen Pettitt

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera

"...The four lovers Katie van Kooten, Tove Dahlberg, Robert Murray and Grant Doyle collide and collude brilliantly..."

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Linbury Studio

28 November 2005

by Tim Ashley

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera

"...Grant Doyle and Katie van kooten vividly register Demetrius and Helena's confusion and pain..."

La fanciulla del West - Royal Opera House

1 October 2005

by Dominic McHugh

La fanciulla del West
Royal Opera House

"...Some of the smaller roles were also disinctively sung, most natbly by Jonathan Lemalu, Mark Stone and the wonderful former Young Artist, Grant Doyle (Bello)...."

La Boheme - Royal Opera House

2 July 2005

by Michael Tanner

La Boheme
Royal Opera House

"...(The) bohemians are a highly coloured, sharply differentiated team, of whom Grant Doyle's Schaunard is outstanding..."