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The darker side of G&S: Yeomen of the Guard at Holland Park

Matthew Kellett (Jack Point) © Ellie Kurttz
Some good singing performances can't overcome a dated feeling of Gilbert's humour: the evening improves as the storm clouds gather.
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Love among the cherries: L'amico Fritz returns to Opera Holland Park

Bumble? Tinder? Who needs a dating app when you have Rabbi David setting up every singleton in sight. Opera Holland Park's new production of L'amico Fritz is a feel good rom-com that will warm the heart.
****1
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Cilea’s L’arlesiana shines at Holland Park

A good, honest staging and solid singing add up to an excellent new production – its third – at Opera Holland Park. 
****1
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Emotion and mayhem: a golden double bill from Royal Academy Opera

Students triumph in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges.
****1
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A classically elegant Così fan tutte at OHP

As the two sisters, Eleanor Dennis and Kitty Whately ideally complemented and blended with each other.  
****1
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Verismo with a capital V: Zazà at Opera Holland Park

A convincing outing for Leoncavallo's rarely performed tale of adultery, populated by characters who are flesh and blood and are immediately recognisable today.
****1
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