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An electrifying Carmina Burana from RSNO
A terrific Carmina Burana from the RSNO and choruses conducted by Marzena Diakun conducting. Elena Langer’s The Dong with a Luminous Nose was a perfect opener.
Taking the Pils: Pountney proves that rare Janáček is no small beer
Janáček’s satirical opera The Excursions of Mr Brouček may not be among his greatest dramatic works, yet it earns its place in the limelight for its musical, visual and dramatic wit at Grange Park Opera.
Evangelical fervour: Dunedin Consort's St Matthew Passion
Tenor Nicholas Mulroy directs a one-voice-to-a-part account of Bach's St Matthew Passion, featuring some splendid singing.
Tim Albery's new Alcina for Opera North lacks magic in Leeds
Alcina also disappoints as a showcase for sustainable opera, despite that being Opera North’s pledge for this production.
Beethoven's Fidelio as fervent prayer in Leeds
Opera North performed a semi-staged and shortened Fidelio with a committed group of soloists, chorus and orchestra led by Mark Wiggelsworth. With a pared Orchestra, the opera came across as a hymn of hope.
Exuberant revival of Opera North's Marriage of Figaro
Opera North's revival of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro directed by Jo Davies and conducted by Antony Hermus at Leeds Grand Theatre is still full of comic exuberance.