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Moreton-in-MarshMacbethNeuinszenierung

Longborough Festival
Verdi: Macbeth
Nil Venditti; Karolina Sofulak; Longborough Festival Opera; Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra; Longborough Festival Chorus; Benedict Nelson; Viktoriia Balan
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Irish National Opera’s Bartered Bride shines

Amy Ní Fhearraigh (Mařenka), Egor Zhuravskii (Jeník) and John Molloy (Kecal) © Pato Cassinoni
A tiny stage and five musicians prove no obstacle to Irish National Opera’s lively, witty Bartered Bride, where sharp casting and clever direction turn modest means into genuine delight.
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A rollicking Wild West Elisir in Dublin that hits all the right notes

Duke Kim (Nemorino) and Claudia Boyle (Adina) © Ros Kavanagh
Donizetti heads West in Cal McCrystal's riotous, laugh-out-loud L'elisir d’amore, where dazzling singing meets cowboy capers in a gloriously zany production for Irish National Opera. 
*****
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Gerhard Markson delivers a moving account of Stanford's Requiem

Máire Flavin, Gerhard Markson and the National Symphony Orchestra © Caoimhe O'Carroll
Combining operatic grandeur with intimate grief, Markson, soloists, the NSO and NSC deliver a masterful performance of Charles Villiers Stanford's Requiem. 
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Marx in London! Dove’s comedy impresses at Scottish Opera

Alasdair Elliott (Friedrich Engels) and Roland Wood (Karl Marx) © James Glossop

Marx in London! receives its UK premiere in Glasgow, with David Parry conducting the colourful score, and Stephen Barlow directing. 

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Scottish Barber of Seville packed with fun

David Stout (Bartolo) and Samuel Dale Johnson (Figaro) © James Glossop

Sir Thomas Allen returns to Scottish Opera to revive The Barber of Seville with a strong cast headed by Samuel Dale Johnson, Anthony Gregory, David Stout and Simone McIntosh. 

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A feminist makeover for Così fan tutte at Irish National Opera

Anna Devin (Fiordiligi), Sharon Carty (Dorabella) and Majella Cullagh (Despina) © Ruth Medjber
Polly Graham's take on Mozart's Così fan tutte is full of humour and political commentary, while the singing is a joy to hear. 
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