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Performer: Michael McCarthy

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A staged Messiah that sheds little light on Handel's oratorio

Netia Jones is a visionary stage practitioner, but this show is a rare misjudgement.
***11
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Unfulfilled potential in Philip Glass' The Trial

Scottish Opera’s production of Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton's The Trial says less about Kafka’s vision of an absurd world and more about the absurdity of contemporary operatic conventions.
**111
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Glass' The Trial reaches Cardiff

Philip Glass finds a new simplicity in an impressive première production of The Trial from Music Theatre Wales. 
****1
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Music Theatre Wales: The Killing Flower

Music Theatre Wales’ production of Salvatore Sciarrino’s The Killing Flower begins in darkness. Michael McCarthy’s highly stylized production fits with the music, which is a fitting interpretation of extreme emotions: love that knows no control and no reason.
***11
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Music Theatre Wales: Greek

Greek packs a punch. Especially in Music Theatre Wales’ simple production, here at the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio Theatre. Mark-Antony Turnage’s music brings Steven Berkoff’s play to life.
****1
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