Neue Kritikenmehr...
A joyous, green Falstaff opens Opera North's season
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Upcycled and recycled, a green production of Verdi's final opera is directed by Olivia Fuchs.
David Pountney's charming Cunning Little Vixen revived in Leeds
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Opera North's child-friendly production of The Cunning Little Vixen, conducted by Andrew Gourlay, is loaded with charm.
Tension accumulates in Handel’s Tamerlano at The Grange Festival
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Some exceptional singing intermittently enlivens Daniel Slater's production which, dramatically and emotionally, takes time to ignite.
Embracing the unfinished: a compelling Zaide in Rome
Graham Vick's new staging of Mozart's unfinished Singspiel marks a welcome, exciting reopening of Teatro Costanzi after the Covid-19 shutdown.
Martinů's The Greek Passion: an opera for our times
At a time when the “relevance” is bandied around all too frequently in relation to opera, Martinů's really does deserve that tag.
Disentangling pain and triumph, clarifying hope
Geraint Bowen directs the Three Choirs Festival Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra at Hereford Cathedral in two works once unfairly dismissed.