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Despite excellent vocal performances, David Alden’s production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto aims at irreverence but overplays the comedy.

Dinis Sousa doesn't put a foot wrong as the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir give a performance of startling virtuosity at the end of a European tour. 

Despite the excellent playing of the Britten Sinfonia, Anna Morrissey’s flawed production disappoints. 

Musically, WNO gets it right. Straightforward brilliance is the order of the day, and plenty of it.

The first UK production of Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s 1930s anti-war opera Simplicius Simplicissimus is a musical and dramatic triumph, and as pertinent as ever

At the Theatre Royal Stratford East, the student group made a convincing case for the French version of this gripping work.

There’s something decidedly odd about pitching up at Glyndebourne sans picnic hamper, wrapped up in heavy layers, the aroma of mulled wine wafting through the foyer... 

Royal Academy Opera's thoroughly competent Suor Angelica precedes a fabulously entertaining Gianni Schicchi, with a top drawer performance from Haobin Wang in the title role.

Zwar nicht ganz original englisch besetzt, doch beeindruckten Orchester und Chor bei der abermaligen FEL!X-Eröffnung mit ihrer einnehmenden, erlebnisreichen, unterhaltenden Art von Klanglichkeit und Passion barocker heißer Eisen.

Gageure tenue : l'Opéra de Bordeaux est l'un des premiers en France à rouvrir ses portes avec un spectacle mis en scène, en l'occurrence une Traviata portée par un plateau somptueux. Prise de rôle pour Rachel Willis-Sørensen.