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Musically peerless but battering: Wozzeck at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

By David Karlin, 07 July 2023

Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO give an orchestral performance to remember, with a fine singing cast, but Simon McBurney's staging dials the bleakness to maximum too early.

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Aix-en-Provence

08 Jul 2023

Musically peerless but battering: Wozzeck in Aix

By David Karlin

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Glasgow

Fulljames' police thriller Carmen closes Scottish Opera season

By David Smythe, 16 May 2023

Fine singing from Justina Gringytė, Alok Kumar and Hye-Youn Lee lead a strong supporting cast, with Dane Lam conducting the Scottish Opera Orchestra and Chorus on top form.

****1

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****1

Glasgow

17 May 2023

Fulljames' police thriller Carmen closes Scottish Opera season

By David Smythe

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Madrid

Illuminating history-makers: Nixon in China lands at Teatro Real in Madrid

By David Karlin, 17 April 2023

John Adams’ opera about Richard Nixon’s historic meeting with Mao Tse-Tung is performed with all round excellence, with a real find on the podium in the shape of Olivia Lee-Gunderman.

****1

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****1

Madrid

18 Apr 2023

Illuminating history-makers: Nixon in China lands in Madrid

By David Karlin

West Horsley

Alexander Litvinenko at Grange Park Opera: a thrilling – if imperfect – world premiere

By David Karlin, 15 July 2021

Ivor Bolton and Kit Hesketh-Harvey deliver a brilliant political thriller and anti-Putin polemic – at least for its first half.

****1

****1

West Horsley

16 Jul 2021

Alexander Litvinenko: a thrilling – if imperfect – world premiere

By David Karlin

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

22 Aug 2019

Mazzoli’s luminous Breaking the Waves receives European premiere

By David Smythe

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Aix-en-Provence

McBurney paints The Rake's Progress onto a blank canvas in Aix

By Mark Pullinger, 05 July 2017

Simon McBurney's production of The Rake's Progress for Festival d'Aix-en-Provence begins with the equivalent of a blank page – a simple white paper box onto which he pours his inspiration.

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Aix-en-Provence

06 Jul 2017

McBurney paints a blank canvas in Aix

By Mark Pullinger