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The new production of Peter Grimes stands out as the strongest item in Teatro Real's season, with magnificent staging by Deborah Warner and superb musical direction by Ivor Bolton, with outstanding vocal and dramatic performances.

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Madrid

21 Apr 2021

The martyrs and the oppressed: Peter Grimes at Teatro Real Madrid

By Juan José Freijo

London

A live audience returns to Covent Garden, but those watching at home get the better deal

By Stephen Pritchard, 17 October 2020

Christine Rice gives an astonishingly performance in an evening of four powerful chamber pieces.

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London

19 Oct 2020

A live audience returns to Covent Garden

By Stephen Pritchard

London

Billy Budd finally drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

By Mark Pullinger, 23 April 2019

After nearly two decades away from the Covent Garden stage, it was time Britten's Billy Budd came home, in a new production from Madrid by Deborah Warner.

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London

24 Apr 2019

Billy Budd finally drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

By Mark Pullinger

Milan

No protests required: Deborah Warner's Fidelio returns to La Scala

By James Imam, 21 June 2018

Chung's mastery of orchestral colour and texture came into its own, the brooding introduction to Act 2 making for a harrowingly apocalyptic representation of tyranny.

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Milan

26 Jun 2018

No protests required: Deborah Warner's Fidelio returns to La Scala

By James Imam

New York City

Netrebko a magnificent Tatyana in The Met's Onegin

By Ako Imamura, 30 March 2017

The evening was dominated by Anna Netrebko, who reprised the role of Tatiana with fresh insights and vocal charisma. Robin Ticciati led the Met Orchestra to probe a new depth of the score.

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New York City

31 Mar 2017

Netrebko a magnificent Tatyana in The Met's Onegin

By Ako Imamura

Madrid

Deborah Warner's new Billy Budd sets a new standard in Madrid

By Fernando Remiro, 03 February 2017

Billy Budd triumphs in Madrid thanks to an inspired orchestra, a solid cast and a dream team of stage magicians.

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Madrid

06 Feb 2017

Warner's new Billy Budd sets a new standard in Madrid

By Fernando Remiro

London

The power of love: Between Worlds at the Barbican

By Charlotte Valori, 11 April 2015

A new co-commissioned production from English National Opera and the Barbican sees Tansy Davies tackle the most harrrowing of modern subjects: 9/11.

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London

13 Apr 2015

The power of love: Between Worlds at the Barbican

By Charlotte Valori

Milan

Warner's electrifying Fidelio starts the season and ends an era at La Scala

By James Imam, 13 December 2014

Fidelio waves goodbye to Barenboim at La Scala, and a fine production marks the occasion with a firework display.

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Milan

15 Dec 2014

Electrifying Fidelio opens La Scala season

By James Imam

London

John Graham-Hall outstanding in ENO's Death in Venice

By David Karlin, 14 June 2013

Premièred in 1973, Death in Venice was Britten’s last opera and therefore his last chance to create a big starring role for his lifelong partner Peter Pears.

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London

16 Jun 2013

John Graham-Hall outstanding in ENO's Death in Venice

By David Karlin

Vienna

Wiener Festwochen's new Traviata: The wood and the trees

By Zwölftöner, 27 May 2012

Deborah Warner’s new production of La Traviata for the Wiener Festwochen is dotted with dramatic ideas to much the same extent as flowers are strewn and champagne is uncorked in the Act I ‘Brindisi’ (drinking song), which is to say sparingly.

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Vienna

30 May 2012

Wiener Festwochen's new Traviata: The wood and the trees

By Zwölftöner

London

True to the spirit of Pushkin: ENO's Eugene Onegin

By David Karlin, 12 November 2011

Young man spurns the love of a good woman. Time passes. Man realises the error of his ways, but it is too late. It's not exactly the most taxing of plot lines, but in Eugene Onegin, Alexander Pushkin turned it into a masterpiece.

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London

13 Nov 2011

True to the spirit of Pushkin: ENO's Eugene Onegin

By David Karlin

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Paris

Dans les filets de Deborah Warner : Peter Grimes emporte Garnier

By Tristan Labouret, 26 January 2023

C'est peut-être l'événement de la saison à l'Opéra de Paris : dans le chef-d'œuvre de Britten, la metteuse en scène britannique fait des débuts remarqués dans la Grande Boutique.

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Paris

28 Jan 2023

Dans les filets de Deborah Warner : Peter Grimes emporte Garnier

By Tristan Labouret

Paris

Au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, La Traviata fait éclore une magnifique Violetta

By Jean-Marc Piriou, 28 November 2018

Superbement incarnée par Vannina Santoni, c’est une grande Violetta qui est née ce 28 novembre 2018 au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

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Paris

01 Dec 2018

Au TCE, La Traviata fait éclore une magnifique Violetta

By Jean-Marc Piriou