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Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Talia Stern; Hannah Edmunds; Marianna Hovanisyan; Jingwen Cai
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Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden
With Aigul Akhmetshina and Seokjong Baek in the title roles, there are reasons to be optimistic, but The Royal Opera’s revival of Richard Jones’ production is a mixed bag.
Handel’s Ariodante returns home to Covent Garden
Jetske Mijnssen’s house debut sees Handel’s opera transposed to a modern-day palace, with Emily D'Angelo angelic in the title role.
Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill
From the spiritual conversion of a Medieval sex-worker, to the Sleeping Beauty tale reimagined, Guildhall stages a Respighi double-bill.
Holst and Weir operas from the Guildhall School of Music
Two accomplished performances bring emotional depth only intermittently, but show ample security of singing and playing.