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WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph
Olivia Fuchs solves the problems of Britten's thorny opera in a brilliant new production that hits the heights, featuring Mark Le Brocq as earthbound scholar, Gustav von Aschenbach.
Stacey Alleaume leads WNO's emotionally-charged Traviata
Leading an international cast in a still-sumptuous revival in Southampton's Mayflower, Stacey Alleaume gives a sovereign performance as the ill-fated courtesan Violetta.
WNO’s belated 75th birthday party gets off to a triumphant start
WNO finally emerges from the pandemic with a performance of The Barber of Seville full of emotion and elation.
A White House Rigoletto with some impressive voices
Welsh National Opera brought a cast of strong voices to Birmingham for a production of Rigoletto intriguingly set in the White House of the 1960s.
McVicar's Traviata is still darkly impressive
Even given a routine revival, McVicar's staging has much to recommend it, returning the opera to its literary roots.
Nagasaki comes to Bedfordshire
Welsh National Opera brings its 1978 production of Madama Butterfly to Milton Keynes.