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Bach and Gluck resound in Bath Abbey with The Sixteen
Large ecclesiastical buildings, with their hard surfaces and long high naves, are challenging for complex music like Bach’s.
Pelly signe un Songe de l’étoffe d’un rêve à Lausanne
La mise en scène par Laurent Pelly vient réparer un manque : le chef-d’œuvre onirique et féérique de Britten n'avait encore jamais été donné dans l’opéra de la capitale vaudoise.
Cecilia Stinton directs a delightful new Barbiere at OHP
Deftly conducted by Charlotte Corderoy, Cecilia Stinton's new production of Rossini's immortal comedy brims with fun.
Così fan tutte straight out of the Age of Enlightenment in Leeds
Tim Albery's Opera North production is successfully revived, with a new cast.
David Pountney's charming Cunning Little Vixen revived in Leeds
Opera North's child-friendly production of The Cunning Little Vixen, conducted by Andrew Gourlay, is loaded with charm.
Utterly bewitching Rusalka at Garsington Opera
It's taken two years for Jack Furness' new production of Dvořák's greatest opera to reach the Garsington stage, but it is entirely worth the wait, with a breathtaking performance from Natalya Romaniw in the title role.