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George Saunders’ prize-winning novel moves from page to stage in Lileana Blain-Cruz’s genre-defying, visually breathtaking and surprisingly cheerful production of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s operatic adaptation.

A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.

Annabel Arden’s production provides joyous comedy, with vocal and orchestral performances of the very finest.

In this revival of Stephen Lawless' busy production, set in 1945 Italy, young American tenor Jonah Hoskins' endearing performance tilts Donizetti's charmer in a Nemorino-centric direction.