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Un ballo in maschera showcases Opera Holland Park at its best
Gaitanou’s direction of the singers is so exact that it becomes impossible to separate them from their characters.
Mascagni's Isabeau at Opera Holland Park
An embarrassingly trite libretto proves unsalvageable, even with a committed cast of singers.
Flawed casting in Minghella's widescreen Butterfly
The sheer opulence of Minghella's staging often overwhelms, drenched in colour. Is that enough to really get to the core of the drama though, or is it all surface gloss?
A dark and dingy Don Giovanni from ETO
Wonderful singing and playing liven up a slightly lifeless staging of Mozart's turbulent masterpiece.
Taking wing: Dove’s Flight a soaring success
Flight represents a brave new departure for Opera Holland Park, the first contemporary opera to take to its main stage, in a striking staging with top quality musical performances.
Jonathan Miller's La bohème returns to ENO
ENO's revival of Jonathan Miller's 2009 production is musically solid, but falls short of the dramatic intensity achieved in previous years.