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West HorsleyDon Carlo
Verdi: Don Carlo(s)
Gianluca Marcianò; Jo Davies; Grange Park Opera; George Jackson; Leslie Travers; Gabrielle Dalton; Anna Watson
LondonUn ballo in maschera
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Michael Papadopoulos; Rodula Gaitanou; Opera Holland Park; takis; Simon Corder; City of London Sinfonia
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Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park’s Don Carlo revival
Jo Davies’ 2016 staging is revived at the Theatre in the Woods, given a bold execution, led by a regal Elisabetta.
Pountney’s vivid Simon Boccanegra at Grange Park Opera
Sir David Pountney's 1997 staging for Welsh National Opera is given a welcome new lease of life at Grange Park Opera, splendidly cast... with one major exception.
Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko
Opera North's revives its Cavalleria rusticana production by Karolina Sofulak, pairing it this time with Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko.
David Pountney's charming Cunning Little Vixen revived in Leeds
Opera North's child-friendly production of The Cunning Little Vixen, conducted by Andrew Gourlay, is loaded with charm.
Wagner's music conquers all qualms in Opera North's Parsifal
Richard Farnes returns to Opera North to conduct and Sam Brown directs a concert staging of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal.
A topical tale: Gilead returns to the Coliseum stage
Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale comes home to English National Opera after 20 years in a powerful new production by Annilese Miskimmon.