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Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.
Coleridge-Taylor’s bloodless passion at the Three Choirs Festival
Though musically flawed, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral work The Atonement is given a superb performance at the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford Cathedral.
Jonathan Miller’s Rigoletto, Godfather of opera productions, returns
Jonathan Miller’s game-changing mafioso setting of Rigoletto returns to the Coliseum, vividly conducted by Richard Farnes.
McBurney's delightfully batty Magic Flute returns to the Coliseum
English National Opera brings back Simon McBurney's theatre of wonders for this Mozart classic.
Curtain rises on ENO’s Traviata revival
Peter Konwitschny's production of La traviata has its flaws, but in an age of protracted media there is much to be said for his taut production of Verdi's most famous tragedy.
Bright, bold, barking: Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Glyndebourne
With Laurent Pelly directing, a very French evening sees a veritable feat of singing from Stéphanie d'Oustrac in La Voix humaine, followed by riotous surrealism in Les Mamelles de Tirésias.