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Dodging the executioner’s axe: Andrei Șerban’s Turandot returns to The Royal Opera

By Mark Pullinger, 19 March 2025

Andrei Șerban’s 1984 staging of Turandot may the oldest production left in The Royal Opera’s stable, but there's life in the old horse yet.

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London

19 Mar 2025

Dodging the executioner’s axe: Șerban’s Turandot returns

By Mark Pullinger

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London

Bach to basics: The Academy of Ancient Music performs the St Matthew Passion

By Roy Westbrook, 29 March 2024

A claim was made not to authenticity, but merely to “a chance to hear the work anew”.

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London

29 Mar 2024

Bach to basics: The AAM performs the St Matthew Passion

By Roy Westbrook

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Glasgow

Marx in London! Dove’s comedy impresses at Scottish Opera

By David Smythe, 13 February 2024

Marx in London! receives its UK premiere in Glasgow, with David Parry conducting the colourful score, and Stephen Barlow directing.

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Glasgow

13 Feb 2024

Marx in London! Dove’s comedy impresses at Scottish Opera

By David Smythe

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A labour of love and determination: L’Enfant et les sortilèges

By David Smythe, 16 November 2020

Virtual Opera made real as Ravel's miniature masterpiece is recorded remotely around the world and melded with Leanne Vandenbussche’s picture-book drawings and the London Philharmonic Orchestra's soundtrack to create magic.

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16 Nov 2020

A labour of love and determination: L’Enfant et les sortilèges

By David Smythe

London

La traviata: Lightning fails to strike twice in ENO revival of Konwitschny’s production

By Mark Pullinger, 09 February 2015

Two years ago, when this controversial production by Peter Konwitschny was first seen at English National Opera, I was completely knocked sideways by it. Could it deliver the same emotional blow to the solar plexus this time around?

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London

09 Feb 2015

La traviata: Lightning fails to strike twice

By Mark Pullinger

London

All the fun of the fair: A vibrant, busy La bohème at the Royal Albert Hall

By Charlotte Valori, 27 February 2014

Francesca Zambello's huge, ambitious production returns once again to the Royal Albert Hall, with lavish costumes, excellent choreography and riotous crowd scenes which will charm children in particular.

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London

27 Feb 2014

All the fun of the fair: A vibrant, busy La bohème at the Royal Albert Hall

By Charlotte Valori

London

Heart of Darkness | Royal Opera House

By Katy S. Austin, 04 November 2011

Originally penned by Joseph Conrad in 1903, Heart of Darkness deals with the deepest, most dangerous misunderstandings between human beings. Set during the era of imperialism, ship’s captain Charlie Marlow relates to his London dockyard comrades a disconcerting tale of a journey to the heart of an African jungle.

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London

04 Nov 2011

Heart of Darkness | Royal Opera House

By Katy S. Austin

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Göttingen

Von Blut, Mut und eigentlichen Helden: Arminio bei den Göttinger Händelfestspielen

By Jens Klier, 15 May 2018

Eine exquisite Händel-Oper mit bravourösem Christopher Lowrey, meisterhafter Sophie Junker und einem Festpiel Orchester unter Laurence Cummings in eingespielter Höchstform.

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Göttingen

15 May 2018

Von Blut, Mut und eigentlichen Helden: Arminio in Göttingen

By Jens Klier