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Aleksandra Kurzak impresses in latest Covent Garden Traviata revival
In its 25th anniversary season, Richard Eyre's production continues to attract the world's great sopranos to the role of Violetta, the latest being Aleksandra Kurzak.
Bright singing, grim staging
A disappointing staging for the Jette Parker Young Artists' annual showcase at the Royal Opera House.
Betrothal and Betrayal: JPYA summer performance
School’s out for summer and with it the opportunity for the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists to showcase their talents in the end of term main stage performance.
Venice - six scenes, ten young singers.
A split-level stage featuring an ornate stairwell and scaffolding was the setting for this the tenth Jette Parker Young Artists’ Summer Performance. Entitled ‘Veneziana’, the specially compiled programme embodied the visions of Venice dreamt by Rossini, Donizetti, Britten and Offenbach in six sets of Opera Scenes.