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Durch Liebe sehend und Hass geblendet: Oedipus Rex / Iolanta
Lydia Steier liefert mit einem doppelten Opernabend ein überzeugendes Hausdebüt an der Oper Frankfurt.
Romantic love blooms in the lost garden of West Horsley
Olena Tokar's assured coloratura made an immediate success of the waltz with her convincingly adolescent appearance, rhythmic verve and stylish phrasing.
WNO's musically and visually opulent Bohème
A musically excellent and unpretentious performance of Puccini's masterpiece from Cardiff.
All that glitters: WNO stages The Merchant of Venice
André Tchaikowsky's version of The Merchant of Venice combines his love of Shakespeare with his recollections of a harsh childhood as a Jew in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Three Choirs Festival goes out in a flawed blaze of glory
Adrian Partington directs a well-managed but ultimately disjointed performance of Mahler’s most idealistically challenging symphony.
Longborough's Don Pasquale
Longborough Festival Opera have opted for Donizetti for the first time, with Don Pasquale. How successful would the cast be at unleashing the ‘feel-good factor’ of opera buffa?