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80% less of Shakespeare's text adds up to more intensity in Brett Dean's Hamlet as Neil Armfield's staging is mounted by Opera Australia. 

Katie Mitchell's provocative staging is revived to great effect, elevated by glorious music-making led by Nadine Sierra's sensational Lucia. 

The first revival and first pairing of two award-winning choreographies proves to be a very rewarding double bill. 

Cathy Marston is a choreographer who excels in narrative ballets but seldom in a literal sense. 

McGregor's new creation for the Milanese company imagines Les Noces as a sequel to his take on The Rite of Spring.

Brett Dean’s Hamlet at the Met is a worthy addition to the operatic canon, and the production is a treat. 

It's the libretto's equivocation that has denied King Roger the frequency of performance that its music deserves.

The Salzburg Festival audience warmly applauded Thomas Adès, Tom Cairns and all musicians for a rounded and gripping première.

First seen at the innovative, fearless Aix-en-Provence festival three summers ago, George Benjamin’s riveting, grisly Written on Skin has arrived in New York. 

Military service brutalises. If you’re in any doubt about this, Berg’s short opera Wozzeck should dispel them, and particularly so in Carrie Cracknell’s new production for ENO.

Die Neuinszenierung von Tschaikowskys Pique Dame an der Bayerischen Staatsoper überzeugt vor allem durch vokale und instrumentale Hochspannung.

Ein Werk, das sowohl traditionell als auch innovativ, elegant und leidenschaftlich ist: Brett Deans Hamlet, dessen gewaltige Aufgaben an Szene und Musik an der Staatsoper in München überzeugend gelöst wurden. 

Luca Salsi y Anna Pirozzi encarnan el matrimonio Macbeth en una satisfactoria producción ambientada en la actualidad.