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Taking the Pils: Pountney proves that rare Janáček is no small beer
Janáček’s satirical opera The Excursions of Mr Brouček may not be among his greatest dramatic works, yet it earns its place in the limelight for its musical, visual and dramatic wit at Grange Park Opera.
Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera
No hippos in tutus for The Dance of the Hours, but panto frolics abound in Stephen Madcalf's staging in the idyllic Theatre in the Woods.
Carmen in Cardiff: WNO's powerful new production is a triumph
Virginie Verrez acted not with fire and ice but with gallic insouciance.
A lip-smacking Hansel and Gretel at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Mezzo-soprano Rachel Kelly and soprano Susanna Hurrell were the eponymous pair and, my, how they chewed the scenery.