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LondonTrial by Jury & The Zoo

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Peter Whelan; John Savournin; English National Opera; takis; Ben Pickersgill; English National Opera Orchestra; Mary Bevan

GlyndebourneThe Marriage of Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
Bertie Baigent; Mariame Clément; Glyndebourne Autumn; Julia Hansen; Paule Constable; Glyndebourne Sinfonia
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Wagners Meistersinger in Topqualität

Die ENO war in der letzten Woche aus den falschen Gründen in den Nachrichten und Richard Jones' Meistersinger von Nürnberg musste dringend eine großartie Produktion werden. Mit einer glänzenden Vorstellung von Iain Paterson ist sie das.
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Hansel et Gretel à Strasbourg ou le côté obscur des marchés de Noël

Hansel et Gretel à l'Opéra national du Rhin © Klara Beck
Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau propose une lecture sociale cruelle du conte des frères Grimm, non sans quelques approximations. Christoph Koncz dirige en revanche une lecture musicale très juste de cette belle partition de Humperdinck.
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A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Johanna Wallroth (Susanna) and Michael Nagl (Figaro) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Photography by Richard Hubert Smith
Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.
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Hands up for Uprising, Jonathan Dove’s vivid new community opera

Uprising at Usher Hall, Edinburgh © Katie Kean

The RSNO adult and youth choruses head a vibrant community of singers in Jonathan Dove’s energetic and moving protest drama. 

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Sensitive stagecraft and directorial rage: Suor Angelica at ENO

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (Sister Angelica) © Genevieve Girling
Miskimmon's relocation of the action to Ireland is unsparing in its evocation not of some tearjerking melodrama but of an almost documentary reportage on real events. 
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An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival

Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund) © Matthew WIlliams-Ellis
Who wouldn't relish the chance of seeing a Ring cycle at close quarters? Longborough's Die Walküre isn't perfect, but it consistently delivers on the story and on character interpretation.
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LeedsDas Rheingold

Michael Druiett (Wotan), Jo Pohlheim (Alberich) and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Loge) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Michael Druiett; Andrew Foster-Williams; Mark Le Brocq; Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

LeedsDie Walküre Act 3

Kelly Cae Hogan (Brünnhilde) and Robert Hayward (Wotan) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Die Walküre
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Robert Hayward; Kelly Cae Hogan; Katherine Broderick; Giselle Allen

LeedsGötterdämmerung Act 3

Mati Turi (Siegfried) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Mati Turi; Andrew Foster-Williams; Mats Almgren; Kelly Cae Hogan