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A traditional Marriage of Figaro entertains with a strong cast, eye-catching design and lighting, and Amanda Holden’s earthy libretto.

Warner once again displays her unquestionable talent onstage and her affinity with Benjamin Britten, although, on this occasion, the musical aspect are not equally satisfactory.

John Fulljames directs a new production of Poul Ruders' uncompromising operatic take on Margaret Atwood’s celebrated novel. 

Kasper Holten’s much travelled and spectacular Don Giovanni gets a fresh and lively remount at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre from a young cast headed up by Gordon Bintner. 

The ZKO shows us that Wolfgang Rihm's Jakob Lenz has lost none of its power, more than 40 years on. 

A stellar production of Die Walküre premieres in Zurich, not far from the location where Richard Wagner composed it. 

Both vocally and instrumentally the performance  was a high-class one

Von Zürich ist vor fünfzig Jahren die Monteverdi-Renaissance ausgegangen. Nun knüpfen Evgeny Titov und Ottavio Dantone mit ihrer Orfeo-Produktion an diese Ruhmestat an. Und grenzen sich gleichzeitig von ihr ab.