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Ariadne aus Glasgow: a few twists at Opera Holland Park
A spirited and seamless production of Strauss’s Ariadne is aided by some excellent singing and playing at London’s premier summer opera festival.
Mascagni's Isabeau at Opera Holland Park
An embarrassingly trite libretto proves unsalvageable, even with a committed cast of singers.
Emotionally powerful La fanciulla del West
Using Stephen Medcalf’s 2008 staging, this opening night of love and loneliness was a feast for the eyes, a musical triumph and a dramatic tour-de-force that tugged at the heart strings.
Fearful fantasies: Thousand Furs
A top-notch adaptation of a very scary folktale into a dynamic new opera, and an interesting meditation on cultural crisis in modern Iran, makes for a superb night at Tête à Tête.
The curate's night out: the Tête-à-Tête Clubnight
Tête-à-Tête's installation of four works is something of a curate's egg, but worth it for James Schouten's exhilarating Rock Tosca and Workshopera's visionary Boys of Paradise.