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The Rake's Progress at The Grange: richly entertaining
Singing performances are excellent, the staging is well crafted and Stravinsky's eclectic score entertains from start to finish. But it's an evening's opera that doesn't touch the soul.
Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington
A twist on the usual Enlightenment path, this is an admirable production, excellently executed.
Soaring straight into our hearts
Jonathan Dove's joyous old-fashioned fairytale, magically realised in a very stylish production including some wonderfully original puppetry, is a fabulous talent showcase from British Youth Opera - and fun for all the family.
Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the RNCM
Since its inception in 1972 the Royal Northern College of Music has gained a reputation for excellence in the field of opera, having often staged extraordinary productions of repertoire familiar and forgotten.