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Grimeborn delivers a wholly satisfying Half Ring at Hackney Empire

By Roy Westbrook, 06 August 2022

Using Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick's distillations of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, the company concluded its miniature Ring cycle in under five hours, without sacrificing musical or dramatic tension.

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London

06 Aug 2022

Grimeborn delivers a wholly satisfying Half Ring at Hackney Empire

By Roy Westbrook

London

A valiant Walküre as Grimeborn's Ring relocates to the Hackney Empire

By Mark Pullinger, 04 August 2021

Wagnerites can get their fix in London this week, where Die Walküre opens the Grimeborn Festival in Julia Burbach's new production of the adaptation by Graham Vick and Jonathan Dove.

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London

04 Aug 2021

A valiant Walküre at the Hackney Empire

By Mark Pullinger

Glasgow

Stovepipe hats are back: Scottish Opera’s steampunk Magic Flute returns

By David Smythe, 04 May 2019

Sir Thomas Allen’s crowd-pleasing Magic Flute returns to Scottish Opera in a finely sung performance with Tobias Ringborg drawing period colours from the orchestra.

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Glasgow

04 May 2019

Scottish Opera’s steampunk Magic Flute returns

By David Smythe

Glasgow

A finely sung Katya Kabanova in rust-bucket Russia

By David Smythe, 12 March 2019

Stephen Lawless' new production for Scottish Opera and Theater Magdeburg sets the action in the industrial wastelands of Russia.

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Glasgow

12 Mar 2019

A finely sung Katya Kabanova in rust-bucket Russia

By David Smythe

Glasgow

A dark, unflinching Rigoletto from Scottish Opera

By Gregor Forbes, 18 October 2018

More relevant than ever, the patriarchal nightmare of Verdi's Rigoletto is dark and unflinching in Scottish Opera's revival of their 2011 production, with some striking scenes and fine singing.

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Glasgow

18 Oct 2018

A dark, unflinching Rigoletto from Scottish Opera

By Gregor Forbes

Oxford

Three recitals, two Op.39s, and a Schumann rarity at the Oxford Lieder Festival

By Roy Westbrook, 26 October 2016

An old instrument, a veteran star singer, and a late rose all bloom at Oxford's annual songfest.

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Oxford

26 Oct 2016

A Schumann rarity at the Oxford Lieder Festival

By Roy Westbrook

London

Survivor's guilt: Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Guildhall School

By Charlotte Valori, 22 February 2016

Bleak and uncompromising in vision and intention, Britten's The Rape of Lucretia gets a suitably dark, discomfiting outing at Guildhall.

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London

22 Feb 2016

Survivor's guilt: Britten's The Rape of Lucretia

By Charlotte Valori

London

Situation comedy, Italian style: Wolf-Ferrari's Le donne curiose at Guildhall School

By Charlotte Valori, 02 November 2015

A light and sassy comedy from Wolf-Ferrari showcases the latest crop of talent from the Guildhall in a stylish 1960s production from Yannis Thavoris with video by Dom Baker, directed by Stephen Barlow.

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London

02 Nov 2015

Situation comedy, Italian style

By Charlotte Valori

London

Reactions and Reflections: The music of Les Six at Charlton House

By Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, 22 March 2013

Regeneration is currently at the heart of everything that goes on inside the beautifully preserved Charlton House. Built between 1607 and 1612 by Sir Adam Newton, the building and its grounds remain a fine example of Jacobean domestic architecture.

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London

22 Mar 2013

Reactions and Reflections: The music of Les Six at Charlton House

By Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade