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New York City

12 Jul 2025

ABT: Ashton's Sylvia showcases the entire company

Von Ivy Lin

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London Children’s Ballet: Ella’s Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella is a rip-roaring triumph

Von Graham Watts, 04 Juli 2025

A “high-five” for the maturity, professionalism and outstanding production values of the London Children's Ballet's latest full-length ballet.

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London

07 Jul 2025

Ella’s Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella is a rip-roaring triumph

Von Graham Watts

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High Wycombe

Dr Feelgood wins the day: Richard Burkhard lights up Garsington Opera’s L’elisir d’amore

Von David Karlin, 28 Mai 2025

Simon Higlett’s exquisite sets and costumes give a backdrop to Donizetti’s frothiest of rom-coms.

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High Wycombe

29 Mai 2025

Garsington’s L’elisir d’amore: Dr Feelgood wins the day

Von David Karlin

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Magic takes time to sparkle in English National Opera's Elixir of Love

Von Eleanor Knight, 15 November 2024

Harry Fehr’s directorial debut for ENO transposes Donizetti’s tale into a World War 2 setting. Rhian Lois charms and commands as Adina.

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London

16 Nov 2024

Magic takes time to sparkle in ENO's Elixir of Love

Von Eleanor Knight

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Stockholm

Stemme and Eichenholz lead an explosive Jenůfa at Royal Swedish Opera

Von David Karlin, 25 Oktober 2024

Janáček’s drama of infanticide is delivered at full power by Nina Stemme and Agneta Eichenholz in Annilese Miskimmon’s well-crafted production. The orchestra, however, are just too loud.

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Stockholm

26 Okt 2024

Stemme leads an explosive Jenůfa at Royal Swedish Opera

Von David Karlin

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Trapped in a vice: a terrific double-bill of Il segreto di Susanna and Pagliacci at Opera Holland Park

Von Dominic Lowe, 17 Juli 2024

Joining OHP's 2019 production of Wolf-Ferrari's charming domestic comedy, a blazing new production of Pagliacci delivers everything that one could want from Leoncavallo's infamous opera.

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London

19 Jul 2024

Trapped in a vice: Il segreto di Susanna and Pagliacci at OHP

Von Dominic Lowe

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London Children's Ballet: The Secret Garden will win your heart

Von Deborah Weiss, 04 Juli 2024

Absolutely enchanting production of The Secret Garden that will transport you directly into Frances Hodgson Burnett's world.

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London

05 Jul 2024

London Children's Ballet: The Secret Garden will win your heart

Von Deborah Weiss

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A noble effort: Puccini's Edgar makes a rare appearance at Opera Holland Park

Von Dominic Lowe, 02 Juli 2024

Is Puccini's second opera unloved and unlovable? Opera Holland Park makes a commendable attempt to revive Edgar, but struggles to overcome its many flaws.

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London

05 Jul 2024

Puccini's Edgar makes a rare appearance at Opera Holland Park

Von Dominic Lowe

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Tokyo

David Bintley's Aladdin: a beloved production returns to Tokyo

Von Naomi Mori, 14 Juni 2024

National Ballet of Japan has revived Sir David Bintley’s Aladdin for the first time in five years and it shows how the company has developed since the premiere in 2008.

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Tokyo

19 Jun 2024

David Bintley's Aladdin: a beloved production returns to Tokyo

Von Naomi Mori

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Cardiff

Musical performances keep Welsh National Opera's new Così fan tutte afloat

Von Mark Valencia, 06 März 2024

Max Hoehn takes Così‘s subtitle, La scuola degli amanti (The School for Lovers), and connects it to Monty Python’s sex education sketch in The Meaning of Life. What larks, eh?

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Cardiff

10 Mär 2024

Musical performances keep WNO's new Così afloat

Von Mark Valencia

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Birmingham

BRB's The Sleeping Beauty: celebrating 40 years of magic

Von Graham Watts, 21 Februar 2024

Sir Peter Wright's The Sleeping Beauty exudes that magical, ageless feeling, here brought to life by a new and enchanting performance of the title role.

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Birmingham

23 Feb 2024

BRB's The Sleeping Beauty: celebrating 40 years of magic

Von Graham Watts

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Scottish Barber of Seville packed with fun

Von David Smythe, 17 Oktober 2023

Sir Thomas Allen returns to Scottish Opera to revive The Barber of Seville with a strong cast headed by Samuel Dale Johnson, Anthony Gregory, David Stout and Simone McIntosh.

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Glasgow

20 Okt 2023

Scottish Barber of Seville packed with fun

Von David Smythe

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The Sleeping Beauty has a very special place in the annals of The Royal Ballet

Von Graham Watts, 16 Januar 2023

Throughout the entire cast, every named role was performed with the mix of enthusiasm, affection and assuredness.

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London

18 Jan 2023

The Sleeping Beauty is crammed with so many gems!

Von Graham Watts

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Leeds

The Nutcracker is a hit with the audience in Leeds

Von Viki Westall, 05 Januar 2023

A farcical, entertaining Mouse King limbers up atop his cheese!

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Leeds

06 Jan 2023

The Nutcracker is a hit with the audience in Leeds

Von Viki Westall

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Sir Thomas Allen directs a delightful Don Giovanni at Scottish Opera

Von David Smythe, 21 Mai 2022

Set in the sinister backstreets of Venice, this production from 2013 boasts strong singing all around and brisk, bright conducting by Stuart Stratford.

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Glasgow

22 Mai 2022

Sir Thomas Allen directs a delightful Don Giovanni at Scottish Opera

Von David Smythe

A lustrous Sleeping Beauty at The Royal Ballet

Von Graham Watts, 07 November 2019

On the evidence of this performance, there is every reason to be cheerful.

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London

10 Nov 2019

A lustrous Sleeping Beauty at The Royal Ballet

Von Graham Watts

Birmingham

Traditional to the core: Birmingham Royal Ballet's Giselle returns in a tremendous performance

Von Graham Watts, 28 September 2019

The welcome return of a thoughtful interpretation of this much-loved ballet

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Birmingham

02 Okt 2019

Traditional to the core: BRB's Giselle returns

Von Graham Watts

Stovepipe hats are back: Scottish Opera’s steampunk Magic Flute returns

Von David Smythe, 04 Mai 2019

Sir Thomas Allen’s crowd-pleasing Magic Flute returns to Scottish Opera in a finely sung performance with Tobias Ringborg drawing period colours from the orchestra.

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Glasgow

06 Mai 2019

Scottish Opera’s steampunk Magic Flute returns

Von David Smythe

“Lord what fools these mortals be”: Britten's Dream haunts the Guildhall School

Von Roy Westbrook, 01 März 2019

Dominic Wheeler did full justice to Britten’s brilliantly colourful and haunting score right from those first eerie glissandi.

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London

02 Mär 2019

Britten's Dream haunts Guildhall School

Von Roy Westbrook

Scottish Opera’s Mikado: A Victorian variety show on Japanese Night

Von David Smythe, 07 Mai 2016

Martin Lloyd Evans returns to Scottish Opera direct a visually rich and lively Mikado. Richard Suart is a veteran Ko-Ko with no-one safe from his Little List as it changes for every performance.

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Glasgow

09 Mai 2016

A Victorian variety show on Japanese Night

Von David Smythe

Survivor's guilt: Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Guildhall School

Von Charlotte Valori, 22 Februar 2016

Bleak and uncompromising in vision and intention, Britten's The Rape of Lucretia gets a suitably dark, discomfiting outing at Guildhall.

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London

25 Feb 2016

Survivor's guilt: Britten's The Rape of Lucretia

Von Charlotte Valori

Birmingham

Arrows, wine, and a stellar performance by Momoko Hirata in BRB's Sylvia

Von Hedy Mühleck, 25 Juni 2015

Gods, nymphs, campy cavemen, angel's wings and a one-legged pirate - this production has it all, and plenty more.

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Birmingham

28 Jun 2015

Bintley's Sylvia is entertaining and delightful

Von Hedy Mühleck

A splendid performance of Britten's Owen Wingrave by the Guildhall School

Von Roger Smith, 05 Juni 2013

I’m sure before long I’ll see a production of Daisy Pulls It Off that opens with modern day soldiers charging onto the stage waving rifles about – it seems to be the first image directors reach for these days.

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London

07 Jun 2013

A splendid performance of Britten's Owen Wingrave by the Guildhall School

Von Roger Smith

Pitlochry

Scottish Opera's La Traviata on a big tour round the wee bits of Scotland

Von David Smythe, 10 November 2012

It is always a challenge to take live opera to the places opera does not reach, and let’s face it, many people live a distance from the main performing venues. A long drive home after a three-hour opera or an overnight stay in the city weeds out all but the dedicated followers.

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