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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
Pablo González; Marta Pazos; Ópera de Tenerife; Max Glaenzel; Agustín Petronio; Nuno Meira; Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
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WNO tackles Vêpres but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite
David Pountney completes his “Verdi trilogy” for the company but although his staging has fluidity, it lacks an explosive ending... and the vocal performances disappoint.
“Once upon a time”: Rossini's Cinderella in Cardiff
Delights both sugary and strange in this revival of La Cenerentola by Welsh National Opera.
No muddle, just music: ROH Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
The Royal Opera Orchestra produce a revelatory reading of Shostakovich’s eclectic score; a fine performance from Eva-Maria Westbroek and excellent acting from the whole cast light up the drama and farce.
Rosa Feola shines in WNO's I puritani
Annilese Miskimmon's production of I puritani mixes Royalists with Loyalists - but is musically successful under Carlo Rizzi's baton.
DiDonato enchants in her first live Alcina
A star-studded Alcina delights at the Barbican, though remains less than the sum of its considerable parts.