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LondresFretwork 40th Anniversary

Wigmore Hall
Lawes, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Purcell, Benjamin, Pearsall, Schütz, Jenkins, Dowland, Couperin, Wollston, Various
Sir George Benjamin; Fretwork; Emilia Benjamin; Emily Ashton; Jonathan Rees

GlasgowHarrison Birtwistle's The Second Mrs Kong

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins; Victoria Newlyn; John Findon; Anna Dennis; Sir John Tomlinson

High WycombeThe Importance of Being EarnestNueva producción

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Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
Douglas Boyd; Jack Furness; Garsington Opera; Francis O'Connor; Hannah Wolfe; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rebecca Meltzer
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Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden

Sir Bryn Terfel (Boris Godunov) © The Royal Opera | Mihaela Bodlovic
The second revival of Richard Jones' staging of Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of Boris Godunov once again stars the Welsh knight. 

The Royal Opera stages its first Makropulos Case

Aušrinė Stundytė (Emilia Marty) and Sean Panikkar (Albert Gregor) © The Royal Opera | Camilla Greenwell
Katie Mitchell wheels out her tired old tropes in The Makropulos Case, redeemed by its musical performances. 

Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

Miryam Tomè (Angel), Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Rachael Wilson (Varvara) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Marc Brenner
Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates. 

Black comedy of the highest order: Festen at The Royal Opera

Allan Clayton (Christian) © RBO | Marc Brenner
Mark-Anthony Turnage's operatic adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's tale of abuse provides rich entertainment even as it shocks.

Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO

Avery Amereau (Serena Joy) and Kate Lindsey (Offred) © ENO | Zoe Martin
Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel, masterfully adapted for the operatic stage, is strongly performed at ENO and rings even truer today than it did when it was written.

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel strikes a sour note

Rosie Aldridge (Witch), Anna Stéphany (Hansel) and Anna Devin (Gretel) © ROH | Tristram Kenton
A forgettable Hansel and Gretel is the worst offence of Antony McDonald’s leaden staging which returns to Covent Garden. 
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LeedsDie Walküre Act 2

Kelly Cae Hogan (Brünnhilde) and Robert Hayward (Wotan) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Die Walküre
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Michael Weinius; James Creswell; Robert Hayward; Lee Bisset

LeedsGötterdämmerung Prologue & Act 1

Mati Turi (Siegfried) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Mati Turi; Kelly Cae Hogan; Andrew Foster-Williams; Giselle Allen