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Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Ariadne) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Passion without the fireworks: Laurent Pelly’s new Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne

By Eleanor Knight, 19 July 2026

Pelly’s low-level intervention leaves the audience marooned at the end of his new production of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s operatic divertissement.

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Glyndebourne

19 Jul 2026

Passion without the fireworks: Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne

By Eleanor Knight

Binny Supin Yang (Queen of the Night) © Craig Fuller

Royal Academy Opera stages a magical Zauberflöte

By Mark Valencia, 18 March 2025

A lyrical yet zesty account of Mozart's' adorable score, in a production that is on the nose and off the wall.

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London

18 Mar 2025

Royal Academy Opera stages a magical Zauberflöte

By Mark Valencia

Siobhan Stagg (Violetta) © Philip Magowan

Brilliant leads make for a moving Traviata at Northern Ireland Opera

By Andrew Larkin, 10 September 2022

Cameron Menzies sets Verdi's timeless opera in a timeless world, with a mixture of styles indicating that all is not as it seems.

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Belfast

10 Sep 2022

Brilliant leads make for a moving Traviata at Northern Ireland Opera

By Andrew Larkin