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Charting new waters: The Flying Dutchman brings Wagner back to Ireland

By Andrew Larkin, 23 March 2025

Ireland’s first Wagner opera in over a decade dazzles with a captivating production by Rachael Hewer for Irish National Opera.

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Dublin

23 Mar 2025

Charting new waters: Flying Dutchman brings Wagner back to Ireland

By Andrew Larkin

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London

Keeping it surreal: Martinů double-bill at the Royal Academy of Music

By Dominic Lowe, 08 May 2024

With typical spirit, the students at the Royal Academy of Music did an excellent job in bringing Martinů’s Comedy on the Bridge and Alexandre bis to life – two lesser-known pre-war surrealist gems.

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London

08 May 2024

Keeping it surreal: Martinů double-bill at the Royal Academy of Music

By Dominic Lowe

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London

McBurney's delightfully batty Magic Flute returns to the Coliseum

By Susannah Moody, 28 February 2024

English National Opera brings back Simon McBurney's theatre of wonders for this Mozart classic.

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London

28 Feb 2024

McBurney's delightfully batty Magic Flute returns to the Coliseum

By Susannah Moody

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A labour of love and determination: L’Enfant et les sortilèges

By David Smythe, 16 November 2020

Virtual Opera made real as Ravel's miniature masterpiece is recorded remotely around the world and melded with Leanne Vandenbussche’s picture-book drawings and the London Philharmonic Orchestra's soundtrack to create magic.

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16 Nov 2020

A labour of love and determination: L’Enfant et les sortilèges

By David Smythe