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Leonard Bernstein’s devastating double bill of raw emotion cuts to the bone

By Stephen Pritchard, 10 October 2024

Henry Neill gives a devastating performance as Sam in Trouble in Tahiti in The Royal Opera’s Bernstein double bill in the Linbury Theatre.

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London

10 Oct 2024

Bernstein’s devastating double bill of raw emotion cuts to the bone

By Stephen Pritchard

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London

Beneath the ice: a triumphant revival of Jenůfa at English National Opera

By Dominic Lowe, 13 March 2024

David Alden's production is a vivid telling of Janáček's devastating village drama. With a terrific cast and a splendid performance from the pit, this revival is an unalloyed artistic success.

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London

13 Mar 2024

Beneath the ice: a triumphant revival of ENO's Jenůfa

By Dominic Lowe

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London

Curtain rises on ENO’s Traviata revival

By Dominic Lowe, 23 October 2023

Peter Konwitschny's production of La traviata has its flaws, but in an age of protracted media there is much to be said for his taut production of Verdi's most famous tragedy.

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London

23 Oct 2023

Curtain rises on ENO’s Traviata revival

By Dominic Lowe

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Moreton-in-Marsh

Don't look back: Longborough's new L'Orfeo

By Roy Westbrook, 11 July 2023

Olivia Fuchs directs Monteverdi's early opera in a sparse staging with a consistently fine cast.

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Moreton-in-Marsh

11 Jul 2023

Don't look back: Longborough's new L'Orfeo

By Roy Westbrook

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Moreton-in-Marsh

Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung

By Roy Westbrook, 29 May 2023

Longborough's Ring Cycle reaches completion in the Cotswold's, effectively staged by Amy Lane.

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Moreton-in-Marsh

29 May 2023

Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung

By Roy Westbrook

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London

Grimeborn delivers a wholly satisfying Half Ring at Hackney Empire

By Roy Westbrook, 06 August 2022

Using Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick's distillations of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, the company concluded its miniature Ring cycle in under five hours, without sacrificing musical or dramatic tension.

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London

06 Aug 2022

Grimeborn delivers a wholly satisfying Half Ring at Hackney Empire

By Roy Westbrook

Adelaide

Amazing Breaking the Waves: Scottish Opera at the Adelaide Festival

By Brian Angus, 13 March 2020

Breaking the Waves is a remarkable opera. Scottish Opera has brought a thrilling cast, orchestra and team to Adelaide, and its audiences are all the richer for it.

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Adelaide

13 Mar 2020

Amazing Breaking the Waves: Scottish Opera at the Adelaide Festival

By Brian Angus

Edinburgh

Mazzoli’s luminous Breaking the Waves receives European premiere in Edinburgh

By David Smythe, 21 August 2019

Sydney Mancasola gives a towering performance in Scottish Opera's new production by Tom Morris.

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Edinburgh

21 Aug 2019

Mazzoli’s luminous Breaking the Waves receives European premiere

By David Smythe

London

Paper lanterns and origami wings: a ghostly Madama Butterfly at Grimeborn

By Mark Pullinger, 26 August 2015

A Madama Butterfly from beyond the grave? What would Julia Burbach's concept add to the familiar thread of Puccini's opera?

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London

26 Aug 2015

Paper lanterns and origami wings

By Mark Pullinger

London

Crushed wings: exquisite Madam Butterfly suffers in the Royal Albert Hall

By Mark Pullinger, 26 February 2015

Take an exquisite production of a Puccini tearjerker, cast it attractively… then crush its fragile wings under the weight of the Albert Hall’s vastness.

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London

26 Feb 2015

Exquisite Madam Butterfly crushed in the RAH

By Mark Pullinger