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Fun, if not quite fizzy: Liam Steel’s Opera Holland Park Fledermaus
It's New Year’s Eve 1929-style, but the Champagne is a touch warm in OHP's first production of Strauss’ most popular operetta, Die Fledermaus.
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.