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Performer: Simon Wilding

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Varieté. Nasalität. Schostakowitsch. Kosky.

Ich kam wie sonst auch beim Royal Opera House an, machte es mir auf meinem Sitz bequem und – können Sie es glauben – die Oper war weg!
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Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Niamh O'Sullivan (Octavian), Matilda Sterby (the Marschallin) and Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Baron Ochs) © Julian Guidera
Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast. 
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Potential but problems in Holland Park’s new Rigoletto

Opera Holland Park Chorus © Craig Fuller
A standout performance by Alison Langer as Gilda lights up an Opera Holland Park season opener marred by illness. 
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El gran cabaret: La nariz de Barrie Kosky visita el Teatro Real

La nariz rodeada de bailarines © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
La nariz nos ofrece la oportunidad de reflexionar en clave irónica sobre la creación en su contexto histórico, las vanguardias, la política, la sociedad y la filosofía.
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Byström and Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the ROH

Malin Byström (Salome) © ROH | Tristram Kenton
Swedish soprano Malin Byström returns to Sir David McVicar's production at Covent Garden, where she is now probably unsurpassed in the role, vocally and histrionically.
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Grimeborn delivers a wholly satisfying Half Ring at Hackney Empire

Using Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick's distillations of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, the company concluded its miniature Ring cycle in under five hours, without sacrificing musical or dramatic tension.
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