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BuxtonThe Merry Widow
Lehár: Die lustige Witwe
Iwan Davies; John Savournin; Buxton Festival Opera; takis; Ben Pickersgill; Buxton International Festival Orchestra
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A mafioso Merry Widow at Opera Holland Park
Despite some excellent music-making, John Savournin's production is hindered by a laboured New York relocation.
Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia
With misplaced horse heads, violin case guns and as many mafia gags as you could hope for, Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow may not be subtle but it looks and sounds gorgeous.
The darker side of G&S: Yeomen of the Guard at Holland Park
Some good singing performances can't overcome a dated feeling of Gilbert's humour: the evening improves as the storm clouds gather.
Jungle drums beating true
John Savournin takes Mozart's Magic Flute on an exotic adventure into the Peruvian rainforest: and retrieves more than a sprinkling of Inca gold.
A sparkling Patience in Harrogate
This traditional production of Patience was strongly sung and acted and was a joyful evening.
Always a bridesmaid: Charles Court Opera's Ruddigore
Ruddigore is a glorious comic romp through a very English country village, full of wonderfully awkward Edwardian love and delicious puns. Whatever your Valentine experience this year, you can't help but be swept up in it.