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Janáček's Makropulos Case - it's a fairy tale, but not as we know it

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 20 September 2010
Janáček, The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
Sir Richard Armstrong, Conductor
Christopher Alden, Director
Amanda Roocroft, Emilia Marty / Elina Makropoulos
Andrew Shore, Dr Kolenatý
Peter Hoare, Albert Gregor
Alasdair Elliott, Vítek
Laura Mitchell, Kristina
Ashley Holland, Baron Jaroslav Prus
Ryland Davies, Count Hauk-Šendorf
ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire
*****
Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO
****1
Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO
****1
Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
*****
Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella
**111
ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance
****1
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