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English Touring Opera has revived James Conway's production of La bohème to launch the company back to full operations post-lockdown. What this new run lacks in finesse is made up for in bags of heart and spirit.

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26 Feb 2022

Bo-ho: ETO takes Bohème to Hackney

Von Dominic Lowe

London

English Touring Opera heads back on the road with Handel's Amadigi

Von Mark Valencia, 01 Oktober 2021

It sizzles with energy, fizzes with musical delight and rejoices in an understated sense of fun. Conway gives the work’s incongruities free rein and defies the audience not to chuckle.

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01 Okt 2021

English Touring Opera heads back on the road with Handel's Amadigi

Von Mark Valencia

London

Power and precision from John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London at the Proms

Von Alexander Hall, 04 September 2021

Spanning almost a century in musical terms, from the old-world elegance of Johann Strauss to one of his greatest admirers, Erich Korngold, John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London demonstrate orchestral excellence.

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04 Sep 2021

Power and precision from John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London

Von Alexander Hall

London

At Wilton’s Music Hall, a ghost light for Britten’s ghost story

Von Mark Pullinger, 26 Januar 2021

When the pandemic struck and theatres were locked down, OperaGlass Works' staging of The Turn of the Screw was an early casualty. Creative thinking turned the production into a film, with London's oldest music hall the set.

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26 Jan 2021

At Wilton’s Music Hall, a ghost light for Britten’s ghost story

Von Mark Pullinger

West Horsley

Polished Porgy: Gershwin triumphs in Surrey

Von Matthew Rye, 08 Juni 2019

Grange Park Opera’s new production of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess makes for a searingly effective evening of music and drama.

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West Horsley

08 Jun 2019

Polished Porgy: Gershwin triumphs in Surrey

Von Matthew Rye

London

A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa at The Royal Ballet

Von Graham Watts, 08 Mai 2019

A mixed bill of modern work showcases the diverse talents of The Royal Ballet.

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08 Mai 2019

A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa

Von Graham Watts

London

Prom 17: Purity and passion from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC NOW

Von Chris Garlick, 27 Juli 2018

Even if Hubert Parry was overshadowed by Holst and Vaughan Williams, this was a splendid concert of British music.

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27 Jul 2018

Purity and passion in first class British music

Von Chris Garlick

London

Netrebko and Lučić in Macbeth: a Covent Garden masterclass in operatic villainy

Von David Karlin, 25 März 2018

The Royal Opera's revival of Phyllida Lloyd's production is marked by two outstanding Verdian singers and a superb rendering of the score from Pappano and the ROH Orchestra.

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25 Mär 2018

Masterfully villainous: Netrebko and Lučić in Macbeth

Von David Karlin

London

Monteverdi on a doughnut: A drab Return of Ulysses fails to thrill the Roundhouse

Von David Karlin, 10 Januar 2018

A series of ill-advised staging choices leads to a disappointingly drab performance of Monteverdi's Homeric epic.

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10 Jan 2018

Monteverdi on a doughnut: Ulysses fails to thrill

Von David Karlin

London

Dimitri Platanias stands out in a mixed Covent Garden Rigoletto

Von David Karlin, 14 Dezember 2017

The father-daughter exchanges between Dmitri Platanias's jester and Sofia Fomina's Gilda prove the highlights of an evening which doesn't always catch fire.

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14 Dez 2017

Dimitri Platanias stands out in a mixed Covent Garden Rigoletto

Von David Karlin

London

Tragedy undermined: Peter Brook's La Tragédie de Carmen at Wilton's Music Hall

Von Mark Pullinger, 04 November 2017

Paring the action down to just four singers, La Tragédie de Carmen is the perfect vehicle and venue for a handful of the Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists to strut their stuff.

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04 Nov 2017

Tragedy undermined at Wilton's

Von Mark Pullinger

London

Royal Opera's Don Carlo revival fails to completely catch fire

Von Mark Pullinger, 12 Mai 2017

Has Health and Safety finally caught up with the Spanish Inquisition? A flameless auto-da-fé and some low-key individual performances meant this revival took time to hit its stride.

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12 Mai 2017

Don Carlo revival fails to completely catch fire

Von Mark Pullinger

London

The Royal Ballet: The Human Seasons/ After the Rain / Flight Pattern

Von Graham Watts, 16 März 2017

A world premiere that gives yet more credence to the burgeoning reputation of Crystal Pite for creating absorbing mass movement of considerable beauty

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16 Mär 2017

The Human Seasons/ After the Rain / Flight Pattern

Von Graham Watts

London

Prom 75: Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Von Rohan Shotton, 10 September 2016

The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.

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10 Sep 2016

Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Von Rohan Shotton