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Brett Deans fulminanter Hamlet bei den Münchner Opernfestspielen
Ein Werk, das sowohl traditionell als auch innovativ, elegant und leidenschaftlich ist: Brett Deans Hamlet, dessen gewaltige Aufgaben an Szene und Musik an der Staatsoper in München überzeugend gelöst wurden.
A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might
Sir David Pountney directs a satirical take on dictatorship and the climate crisis inventively set to the music of Purcell.
In the Realms of Sorrow: Handel cantatas in the round
Director Adele Thomas can do no wrong, sustaining her extraordinary run of fizz with this unlikely concatenation of four Handel cantatas at Stone Nest.
Tension accumulates in Handel’s Tamerlano at The Grange Festival
Some exceptional singing intermittently enlivens Daniel Slater's production which, dramatically and emotionally, takes time to ignite.
Tim Albery's new Alcina for Opera North lacks magic in Leeds
Alcina also disappoints as a showcase for sustainable opera, despite that being Opera North’s pledge for this production.
JPYA make a decent fist of Handel's Susanna in the Linbury Theatre
The evening’s most unbuttoned applause was reserved for two native anglophone artists, countertenor Patrick Terry and bass-baritone Michael Mofidian.