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Moreton-in-MarshTristan und Isolde

Catherine Carby (Brangäne) and Catharine Woodward (Isolde) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Anthony Negus; Carmen Jakobi; Longborough Festival Opera; Kimie Nakano; Ben Ormerod; Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra
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A vigorous, vivid Tristan und Isolde in the Cotswolds

Catherine Carby (Brangäne) and Catharine Woodward (Isolde) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
The revered Anthony Negus conducts a superb revival of Carmen Jakobi’s abstract production of Wagner’s transcendent drama at Longborough Festival Opera.
****1
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Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando

Beth Taylor (Orlando) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Beth Taylor gives the lows and highs of Handel's heroics an almighty, whole-body shakedown in Sinéad O'Neill’s new staging of Handel's Orlando
***11
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A dystopian Hansel und Gretel at the RAM

Anna-Helena Maclachlan (Hansel) and Binny Supin Yang (Gretel) © Craig Fuller
Jack Furness serves up an unappetising mess of Humperdinck's delicious masterpiece for Royal Academy Opera. 
***11
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ETO opens spring tour with an off-the-wall Manon Lescaut

Jenny Stafford (Manon) and Aiden Edwards (Lescaut) © Richard Hubert Smith
Jude Christian's indulgent reinvention of Puccini's opera does not serve English Touring Opera well as it embarks on its spring tour. 
**111
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Grief compellingly explored: Die tote Stadt at Longborough

An outstanding performance from Rachel Nicholls lights up Carmen Jakobi's compelling production of Korngold's exploration of grief.
****1
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Natalia Osipova ignites Didy Veldman's Carmen

Osipova's memorable performance tops a fine new production at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. 
***11
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