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Two funerals and a bedding: a contemporary triple bill in the Linbury Theatre

Madeline Robinson (Masha), Ellen Pearson (Irina) and Jingwen Cai (Olga) with Hannah Edmunds (Maid)
© RBO | Mark Senior
Giorgi Guliashvili (Leslie) and Hannah Edmunds (Margery)
© RBO | Mark Senior
Ellen Pearson (Julia) and Sam Hird (Mark)
© RBO | Mark Senior
Hannah Edmunds (Maid)
© RBO | Mark Senior
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“Peggy Wu and Talia Stern proves themselves a dream team”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 1 May 2026
Maconchy, The Departure
Bray, Making Arrangements
Langer, Four Sisters
The Royal Opera
Peggy Wu, Conductor
Talia Stern, Director
Sam Hird, Mark, Hewson, Krumpelblatt
Ellen Pearson, Julia, Irina
Hannah Edmunds, Margery, Maid
Jingwen Cai, Maid, Olga
Giorgi Guliashvili, Leslie
Madeline Robinson, Masha
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*****
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****1
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*****
Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden
****1
Ermonela Jaho returns in triumph to The Royal Opera’s Traviata
*****
Turandot drowned in an orchestral tsunami at The Royal Opera
***11
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