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Radiant, comic, magical: Ariadne auf Naxos at Garsington Opera
An excellent singing cast combine with Bruno Ravella's sensitive direction and brilliant orchestral playing to bring to life Strauss' heady mix of farce and high art.
Beware of what you wish for: The Makropulos Affair at WNO
Olivia Fuchs gives a powerful staging of Janáček's morality tale of the perils of eternal youth, with an excellent cast, but there are reservations about the title role.
Sisterhood tenderly explored: Little Women at Opera Holland Park
Composer-librettist Adamo does full justice to Louisa May Alcott's 19th-century bestseller, one of the most widely read works in American literature.
English Touring Opera heads back on the road with Handel's Amadigi
It sizzles with energy, fizzes with musical delight and rejoices in an understated sense of fun. Conway gives the work’s incongruities free rein and defies the audience not to chuckle.
WNO’s Figaro revival crackles with humour and exudes joie de vivre
A solid Figaro in Cardiff, in which individual performances are a joy, and humour abounds.
Carmen in Cardiff: WNO's powerful new production is a triumph
Virginie Verrez acted not with fire and ice but with gallic insouciance.