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London

ETO's new Il viaggio a Reims is a long journey

By Dominic Lowe, 04 March 2023

A Rossini comedy should sparkle, but this new production, starting its tour from Hackney, is decidedly lacking bubbles.

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**111

London

06 Mar 2023

ETO's new Il viaggio a Reims is a long journey

By Dominic Lowe

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London

The Poisoner’s Dilemma: English Touring Opera presents a dramatic Lucrezia Borgia

By David Karlin, 03 March 2023

Donizetti’s tale of one the Italian Renaissance’s objects of hate is well sung and superbly acted in ETO's new spring tour production.

****1

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****1

London

04 Mar 2023

The Poisoner’s Dilemma: ETO presents a dramatic Lucrezia Borgia

By David Karlin

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London

Entertaining but short of enchanting: Rimsky's The Golden Cockerel at English Touring Opera

By David Karlin, 05 March 2022

Rimsky-Korsakov's anti-tsarist satirical fairytale makes for an entertaining rarity in ETO's spring tour.

***11

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***11

London

06 Mar 2022

Entertaining, not enchanting: The Golden Cockerel at ETO

By David Karlin

High Wycombe

Orchestra and chorus light up Garsington's Eugene Onegin revival

By David Karlin, 03 June 2021

The Philharmonia and Garsington Chorus deliver great performances, as do Natalia Tanasii and Fleur Barron as the two Larina sisters.

***11

***11

High Wycombe

04 Jun 2021

Orchestra and chorus light up Garsington's Eugene Onegin revival

By David Karlin

Unknown

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.

****1

****1

Unknown

18 Nov 2020

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

By David Smythe

Glasgow

Double dealings with Death: Sāvitri and The Emperor of Atlantis at RCS

By David Smythe, 20 January 2018

The gamble of Dealing with Death pays off for Holst’s Sāvitri but is less certain for Ullmann’s Emperor of Atlantis. Opera students at RCS capture the mix of satire, surrealism and anarchy perfectly

****1

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Glasgow

22 Jan 2018

Double dealings with Death at RCS

By David Smythe

Glasgow

Handel’s Agrippina in a swinging 60s production at RCS

By David Smythe, 21 January 2017

The early Handel opera Agrippina is given a rare and playful outing at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with clear Italian singing, joyous Baroque playing and lively stage production.

****1

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Glasgow

23 Jan 2017

Handel’s Agrippina in a swinging 60s production

By David Smythe

London

The very model of a modern sexual opportunist: Mozart's Don Giovanni at Hampstead Garden Opera

By Charlotte Valori, 15 November 2015

A brilliant modern revisioning by Genevieve Raghu, in a superb contemporary translation by Benjamin Hamilton, makes Don Giovanni feel more relevant than ever for the Tinder generation and their disposable approach to love.

****1

****1

London

17 Nov 2015

The very model of a modern sexual opportunist

By Charlotte Valori