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GatesheadPurcell's Dido and Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Bjarte Eike; Royal Northern Sinfonia; Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia; Timothy Burke; Katie Bray
Moreton-in-MarshOrlandoNeuinszenierung
Händel: Orlando
Christopher Moulds; Sinéad O'Neill; Longborough Festival Opera; Academy of Ancient Music; Anna Devin; Katie Bray; Beth Taylor
LondonPartenope
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Händel: Partenope
Christian Curnyn; Christopher Alden; English National Opera; William Cole; Andrew Lieberman; Jon Morrell; Adam Silverman
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Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO
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Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits.
Actéon and Pygmalion: three transformations for the price of two
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses makes an ideal curtain-raiser to the Academy of Ancient Music's new season, with works by Charpentier and Rameau conducted by Laurence Cummings... who also sings!
An impressive, minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera
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A memorable performance, with Stephen Barlow conducting Janáček’s remarkable score with vividness and clarity, while David Alden's staging is a masterpiece of "less is more".