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Wien

25 Jan 2019

Grantscherben in Pluderhosen: Falstaff an der Wiener Staatsoper

Von Snapdragon

David Stout (Alberich), James Rutherford (Wotan) and Mark Le Brocq (Loge) © Marc Brenner

Going for gold: Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle gets under way with an excellent Rheingold

Von Dominic Lowe, 20 Juni 2026

Launching that most ambitious of endeavours, a Ring cycle, Grange Park Opera’s production of Das Rheingold proves a real achievement, led by the superb Alberich of David Stout.

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West Horsley

20 Jun 2026

Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle opens with an excellent Rheingold

Von Dominic Lowe

Elin Pritchard (Elisabetta) © Marc Brenner

Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park Opera’s Don Carlo revival

Von Roy Westbrook, 06 Juni 2026

Jo Davies’ 2016 staging is revived at the Theatre in the Woods, given a bold execution, led by a regal Elisabetta.

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West Horsley

06 Jun 2026

Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park’s Don Carlo revival

Von Roy Westbrook

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

New York City

Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Von Susan Stempleski, 31 Dezember 2025

Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.

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New York City

31 Dez 2025

Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Von Susan Stempleski

Lausanne

Les errances de Don Quichotte à l'Opéra de Lausanne

Von Romain Daroles, 05 Oktober 2025

La mise en scène de Bruno Ravella comme la direction musicale de Laurent Campellone et la distribution ne parviennent à saisir que de manière intermittent le ton singulier de l'ouvrage de Massenet.

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Lausanne

05 Okt 2025

Les errances de Don Quichotte à l'Opéra de Lausanne

Von Romain Daroles

Thomas Atkins (Boris) and Natalya Romaniw (Kátya) © Marc Brenner

Alden and Barlow impress in a minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera

Von David Karlin, 27 Juni 2024

A memorable performance, with Stephen Barlow conducting Janáček’s remarkable score with vividness and clarity, while David Alden's staging is a masterpiece of "less is more".

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West Horsley

27 Jun 2024

An impressive, minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera

Von David Karlin

Robert Hayward (Aleko) © Tristram Kenton

Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko double bill

Von Richard Wilcocks, 15 Februar 2024

Opera North's revives its Cavalleria rusticana production by Karolina Sofulak, pairing it this time with Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko.

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Leeds

15 Feb 2024

Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko

Von Richard Wilcocks

Galina Averina (Magda) and Claire Lees (Lisette) © Tristram Kenton

La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality from Opera North

Von Richard Wilcocks, 20 Oktober 2023

James Hurley directs a new production of Puccini's neglected opera to close Opera North's Green Season.

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Leeds

20 Okt 2023

La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality

Von Richard Wilcocks

Henry Waddington (Falstaff) © Richard Hubert Smith

A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season

Von Richard Wilcocks, 28 September 2023

Upcycled and recycled, a green production of Verdi's final opera is directed by Olivia Fuchs.

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Leeds

28 Sep 2023

A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season

Von Richard Wilcocks

Aida à l'Opéra royal du Danemark © Camilla Winther

Copenhagen

L'Aida caricaturale d'Annabel Arden à Copenhague

Von Irma Foletti, 12 September 2023

Si la direction musicale de Paolo Carignani, l'orchestre et les chœurs impressionnent, l'ensemble de la production est plombé par une mise en scène caricaturale, tandis que la distribution laisse une impression mitigée.

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Copenhagen

12 Sep 2023

L'Aida caricaturale d'Annabel Arden à Copenhague

Von Irma Foletti

Ginger Costa-Jackson (Charlotte) and Leonardo Capalbo (Werther) © Marc Brenner

Werther in the woods: an intense new production at Grange Park Opera

Von David Truslove, 17 Juni 2023

John Doyle's emotional staging of Werther gets to the heart of Massenet's engagement with Goethe in memorable performances.

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West Horsley

17 Jun 2023

Werther in the woods: an intense new production at Grange Park Opera

Von David Truslove

Death-devoted duo: a superb new Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera

Von Roy Westbrook, 08 Juni 2023

Charles Edwards' ambitious production is well served by a strong cast as Grange Park Opera opens its season in the Theatre in the Woods.

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West Horsley

08 Jun 2023

Death-devoted duo: a superb Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera

Von Roy Westbrook

Jennifer France (Mary Hatch Bailey) and Frederick Ballentine (George Bailey) © Lloyd Winters

London

Life is (too) sweet: ENO brings It's a Wonderful Life to the operatic stage

Von Matthew Rye, 25 November 2022

English National Opera's It’s a Wonderful Life makes for a feel-good evening of theatre, but it requires a sweet tooth.

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London

25 Nov 2022

ENO brings It's a Wonderful Life to the operatic stage

Von Matthew Rye

David Alden's brilliant barrack room ballad: Otello at Grange Park Opera

Von Roy Westbrook, 19 Juni 2022

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Elizabeth Llewellyn and Sir Simon Keenlyside star in David Alden's setting of Otello in a militarised Cyprus.

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West Horsley

19 Jun 2022

A brilliant barrack room ballad: Otello at Grange Park Opera

Von Roy Westbrook

Exuberant revival of Opera North's Marriage of Figaro

Von Richard Wilcocks, 01 Februar 2020

Opera North's revival of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro directed by Jo Davies and conducted by Antony Hermus at Leeds Grand Theatre is still full of comic exuberance.

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Leeds

01 Feb 2020

Exuberant revival of Opera North's Marriage of Figaro

Von Richard Wilcocks

Cardiff

Carmen in Cardiff: Welsh National Opera's powerful new production is a triumph

Von Mark Valencia, 28 September 2019

Virginie Verrez acted not with fire and ice but with gallic insouciance.

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Cardiff

28 Sep 2019

Carmen in Cardiff: WNO's powerful new production is a triumph

Von Mark Valencia

Don Carlo at Grange Park Opera: gripping historical drama, powerfully sung

Von David Karlin, 06 Juni 2019

Verdi's most political of operas brilliantly highlights the juxtaposition of personal desires and political imperatives

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West Horsley

06 Jun 2019

Don Carlo at Grange Park Opera: gripping and powerfully sung

Von David Karlin

Nancy

Mission Belle Hélène : 007 à l'Opéra de Lorraine

Von Beate Langenbruch, 14 Dezember 2018

La nouvelle production de l’Opéra National de Lorraine à Nancy transforme Pâris en James Bond, non sans succès.

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Nancy

14 Dez 2018

Mission Belle Hélène : 007 à l'Opéra de Lorraine

Von Beate Langenbruch

Opera North presents stark contrasts with Cavalleria rusticana and Trial by Jury

Von Richard Wilcocks, 27 September 2017

Opera North's Little Greats festival continues with two deeply contrasting short operas - a grimly tragic and austere version of Macagni's Cavalleria rusticana and a frothy and hilarious production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury.

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Leeds

27 Sep 2017

Opera North presents stark contrasts with Cavalleria rusticana and Trial by Jury

Von Richard Wilcocks

Opera North's Little Greats: jealousy, murder and childhood fantasy

Von Richard Wilcocks, 16 September 2017

Charles Edwards and Annabel Arden direct Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges in a contrasting pairing of two short operas in Opera North's 'Little Greats' season.

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Leeds

16 Sep 2017

Opera North's Little Greats: jealousy, murder and childhood fantasy

Von Richard Wilcocks

Amsterdam

A high-spirited Don Giovanni at Nederlandse Reisopera

Von Nicolas Nguyen, 09 März 2017

Director Jo Davies' staging of Mozart’s dramma giocoso for Nederlandse Reisopera is a high-spirited affair packed with humour, where the emphasis is decidedly more on giocoso than on the dramma.

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Amsterdam

09 Mär 2017

A high-spirited Don Giovanni at Nederlandse Reisopera

Von Nicolas Nguyen

Opera North's Cenerentola provides plenty of comedy and revels

Von Richard Wilcocks, 16 Februar 2017

La Cenerentola is the final component of Opera North's fairytale season, with every voice and every character getting a chance to revel in Rossini's intricate ornamentation.

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Leeds

16 Feb 2017

Cenerentola provides plenty of comedy and revels

Von Richard Wilcocks

Wien

McVicar’s Falstaff a timely success at the Haus am Ring

Von Chanda VanderHart, 09 Dezember 2016

The Staatsoper's new Falstaff is a production that is attractive not only visually, but also in terms of the varied musical color.

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Wien

09 Dez 2016

McVicar’s Falstaff a timely success in Vienna

Von Chanda VanderHart

Alresford

The Inquisition's dark days: Don Carlo at Grange Park

Von David Karlin, 18 Juni 2016

Strong vocal and orchestral performances and a tour-de-force staging of Act II light up Grange Park's production of Verdi's political thriller of the dark days of the Spanish inquisition.

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Alresford

18 Jun 2016

The Inquisition's dark days: Don Carlo at Grange Park

Von David Karlin

Glasgow

Traditional Rusalka a visual feast for Scottish Opera

Von David Smythe, 09 April 2016

Anthony McDonald’s Rusalka looks and sounds wonderful in a traditionally told production, with Anne Sophie Duprels returning to the role.

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Glasgow

09 Apr 2016

Traditional Rusalka a visual feast for Scottish Opera

Von David Smythe

Opera North's gleeful Marriage of Figaro is not to be missed

Von Richard Wilcocks, 24 Januar 2015

A gleeful production of The Marriage of Figaro from Opera North, which makes it hard to imagine any dark side at all to the comedy.

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