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Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle opens with an excellent Rheingold
Launching that most ambitious of endeavours, a Ring cycle, Grange Park Opera’s production of Das Rheingold proves a real achievement, led by the superb Alberich of David Stout.
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.
Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani
Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.
Les errances de Don Quichotte à l'Opéra de Lausanne
La mise en scène de Bruno Ravella comme la direction musicale de Laurent Campellone et la distribution ne parviennent à saisir que de manière intermittent le ton singulier de l'ouvrage de Massenet.
An impressive, minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera
A memorable performance, with Stephen Barlow conducting Janáček’s remarkable score with vividness and clarity, while David Alden's staging is a masterpiece of "less is more".