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Uprising at Usher Hall, Edinburgh © Katie Kean

Hands up for Uprising, Jonathan Dove’s vivid new community opera

By David Smythe, 28 March 2025

The RSNO adult and youth choruses head a vibrant community of singers in Jonathan Dove’s energetic and moving protest drama.

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Edinburgh

28 Mar 2025

Hands up for Uprising, Jonathan Dove’s vivid new community opera

By David Smythe

Weston Hurt (Rigoletto) and David Kempster (Monterone) © Tristram Kenton

London

Jonathan Miller’s Rigoletto, Godfather of opera productions, returns to ENO

By Mark Valencia, 30 October 2024

Jonathan Miller’s game-changing mafioso setting of Rigoletto returns to the Coliseum, vividly conducted by Richard Farnes.

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London

30 Oct 2024

Jonathan Miller’s Rigoletto, Godfather of opera productions, returns

By Mark Valencia

Amanda Echalaz (Tosca) and Morgan Pearse (Scarpia) © Ali Wright

London

Tosca’s kiss in Kensington: a superb revival at Opera Holland Park

By Roy Westbrook, 28 May 2024

A 16-year interval sounds more like a resurrection than a first revival, but the return of Stephen Barlow's staging of Tosca is well worth the wait.

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London

28 May 2024

Tosca’s kiss in Kensington: a superb revival at Opera Holland Park

By Roy Westbrook

Eduard Martynyuk (Herman) and Anush Hovhannisyan (Liza) © Craig Fuller

Alresford

Obsession at The Grange: powerful singing and gothic drama in The Queen of Spades

By David Karlin, 23 June 2023

In a setting that might be The Grange itself, a production which steadily tightens its grip until a blistering finish.

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*****

Alresford

23 Jun 2023

Obsession at The Grange: The Queen of Spades

By David Karlin