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La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality
James Hurley directs a new production of Puccini's neglected opera to close Opera North's Green Season.
The cradle of French Grand Opera: Rossi's Orpheus at the Sam Wanamaker
A somewhat overly manic production of Luigi Rossi's version of the Orpheus tale, originally written for the French court in 1647, is lit up by some great singing and a show-stealing comic performance by Graeme Broadbent.