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A feast for eyes and ears: Michieletto’s new ROH Hoffmann
With gloriously inventive sets and costumes, Alex Esposito’s splendid Four Villains drive a wonderfully entertaining new production.
Molten intensity: Marina Costa-Jackson a splendid Tosca in Kansas City
Ryan McAdams conducts Tosca at the Kansas City Lyric Opera in a production by a famous former Tosca, Carol Vaness.
A blast of a Berlin Bohème in Hollywood
Barrie Kosky's stark, spare La bohème gave it a rare spark of humanity focused on Marina Costa-Jackson's haunting Mimì, whose existence became the central focus even when she wasn't singing.
Don Carlo at Grange Park Opera: gripping and powerfully sung
Verdi's most political of operas brilliantly highlights the juxtaposition of personal desires and political imperatives
The Dutch premiere of A Village Romeo and Juliet
Gorgeous playing under Sir Mark Elder wasn’t enough to mask the lack of theatrical drive in the scrupulously cast Dutch premiere of Delius’ most successful opera.
WNO's musically and visually opulent Bohème
A musically excellent and unpretentious performance of Puccini's masterpiece from Cardiff.