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A feminist makeover for Così fan tutte at Irish National Opera
Polly Graham's take on Mozart's Così fan tutte is full of humour and political commentary, while the singing is a joy to hear.
Mixed success for Irish National Opera's Maria Stuarda
Tara Erraught stars as the eponymous heroine with Anna Devin as her nemesis Elizabeth I in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, but Tom Creed's modern update fails to convince at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
Irish National Opera's futuristic Hoffmann
Tom Creed's take on Offenbach's opéra fantastique works best in the Olympia act in this new production in Dublin.
Don Giovanni in a new adaptation by Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle's new translation is ingenious more often than incongruous; John Molloy's Leporello steals the show in the Opera Theatre's Don Giovanni.