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Performer: Ronald Samm

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Leinwandfähige Porgy and Bess in Amsterdam

Eric Owens singt Porgy mit Leib und Seele und ist mit seiner charismatischen Ausstrahlung der unbestrittene Held dieser Oper.
***11
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Art imitates art in ETO’s bracing new Pagliacci

Ronald Samm (Canio) © Richard Hubert Smith
Divorced from Cavalleria rusticana, English Touring Opera’s contemporary take on Leoncavallo’s masterpiece ticks all the boxes.
****1
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Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

Michael Mayes (Joseph De Rocher) and Christine Rice (Sister Helen Prejean) © Manuel Harlan
Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.
*****
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ENO, BBC join forces in stunning Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Amanda Majeski (Katerina Izmailova) © Andy Paradise
David Pountney's vernacular translation and Ruth Knight's vivid staging lent a thrilling immediacy to Shostakovich's chilling opera.
*****
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ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance

Heidi Stober (Mary) © Ellie Kurttz
Musgrave's powerful depiction of a powerful woman at the mercy of male manipulation receives a strong staging from at ENO. 
****1
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Peter Grimes a raging, powerful, defiant start to the new ENO season

Gwyn Hughes Jones (Peter Grimes) © Tom Bowles
English National Opera opens its new season with a revival of David Alden's masterly production. 
****1
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