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Lorca retold in Met's remarkable restaging of Golijov’s Ainadamar

Angel Blue (Margarita Xirgu) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Deborah Colker directs an ambitious show, which works incredibly well with storytelling as emotive as it is narrative, confronting death and loss in sharp, weary pains. 

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Deborah Colker gives Ainadamar energetic grit at Scottish Opera

Lauren Fagan (Margarita Xirgu) © James Glossop

Scottish Opera’s visually stunning new production is headed by a strong trio of Lauren Fagan, Julieth Lozano and Samantha Hankey. 

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Scottish Opera revives Gilbert and Sullivan's timely Utopia, Limited

A semi-staged concert that boasts strong musical performances and appealing production values makes a spirited case for reappraising Gilbert and Sullivan's penultimate collaboration.

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Scottish Opera's spectacular Gondoliers bump starts its new season

Stuart Maunder directs a lavishly costumed cast, Derek Clark conducts fine playing and singing and Isabel Baquero’s choreography sparkles.

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An Aida that strips away the Egyptian iconography

Michael Barker-Caven sets Aida in a 21st-century war zone in the Middle-East, allowing the audience to focus on the human drama.
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