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Country-house Ball: Verdi at Grange Park Opera
Grange Park Opera’s enjoyable new production of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera looks a little homespun on stage, but has plenty of musical compensations.
An uncomplicated, thrilling Tosca from WNO
Carlo Rizzi conducts WNO's Tosca revival in Cardiff.
Museum piece? Walküre at Grange Park Opera
Trophy room glass display cases and glassy-eyed stuffed animals are the setting for a distinctive take on Wagner's epic music drama.
Utterly gripping Vanessa at Wexford
An intriguing performance of a wonderful, psychological opera that needs to be heard much more frequently this side of the Atlantic.
Emotionally powerful La fanciulla del West
Using Stephen Medcalf’s 2008 staging, this opening night of love and loneliness was a feast for the eyes, a musical triumph and a dramatic tour-de-force that tugged at the heart strings.
Scottish Opera ends its season in great voice with Il trovatore
Scottish Opera's Il trovatore has a uniformly strong cast and shorus who sing finely, conducted by Tobias Ringwood producing spectacular sounds from the orchestra. A wonderful end to the season.