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Exciting debut elevates Met Queen of Spades

By Cameron Kelsall, 04 June 2025

Galina Cheplakova steps in for Sonya Yoncheva in the penultimate performance of this revival, winning over the audience with vocal clarity and dramatic commitment.

***11

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***11

New York City

05 Jun 2025

Exciting debut elevates Met Opera The Queen of Spades

By Cameron Kelsall

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London

ENB's new Nutcracker more than satiates an acute sugar craving

By Graham Watts, 12 December 2024

A long-awaited new production of ENB's perennial seasonal classic is a visual feast.

****1

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****1

London

15 Dec 2024

ENB's new Nutcracker more than satiates an acute sugar craving

By Graham Watts

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Glyndebourne

Britten at Glyndebourne: A Dream staging that works its sinister magic once again

By Mark Pullinger, 01 July 2023

A strong revival cast, conducted by Dalia Stasevska, demonstrate why Sir Peter Hall's 1981 vintage staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night's Dream is such a classic.

****1

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****1

Glyndebourne

02 Jul 2023

A Glyndebourne Dream that works its sinister magic

By Mark Pullinger

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High Wycombe

Magical Monteverdi: Garsington opens with a new Orfeo

By David Karlin, 01 June 2022

Laurence Cummings and The English Concert deliver musical excellence in a wonderfully designed and choreographed production.

*****

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*****

High Wycombe

02 Jun 2022

Magical Monteverdi: Garsington opens with a new Orfeo

By David Karlin

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Glasgow

Reconfigured MacMillan a triumph for Scottish Ballet's The Scandal at Mayerling

By Graham Watts, 13 April 2022

Sir Kenneth MacMillan's masterpiece is reimagined on a smaller scale, distilling the ballet into the essence of the personal relationships that led to the tragic events at Mayerling.

****1

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****1

Glasgow

14 Apr 2022

The Scandal at Mayerling a triumph for Scottish Ballet

By Graham Watts

Gothenburg

Göteborg Opera's gleaming new Siegfried, pandemic style

By Katherine Syer, 28 March 2021

Forced to shift to online for the third episode of its Ring cycle, Göteborg Opera delivers absorbing new production by Stephen Langridge.

****1

****1

Gothenburg

31 Mar 2021

Göteborg Opera's gleaming new Siegfried, pandemic style

By Katherine Syer

Edinburgh

Scottish Ballet's The Snow Queen leaves Edinburgh feeling festive

By Kirsty Morgan, 12 December 2019

Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre retells the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale while maintaining the wintry wonder that makes the story so beloved.

****1

****1

Edinburgh

15 Dec 2019

Scottish Ballet's The Snow Queen leaves Edinburgh feeling festive

By Kirsty Morgan

New York City

Tchaikovsky’s tale of dark obsession sparkles with notable Met debuts

By Ako Imamura, 29 November 2019

The young soprano Lise Davidsen scored a successful debut at the Met, with impressive support by conductor Vasily Petrenko, also making a debut, led a memorable revival of Pique Dame.

****1

****1

New York City

01 Dec 2019

Tchaikovsky’s tale of dark obsession sparkles with notable Met debuts

By Ako Imamura

London

That sinking feeling: ENO’s Pirates of Penzance scuppered at the Coliseum

By Mark Pullinger, 09 May 2015

As director of the film Topsy-Turvy, Mike Leigh seemed like a natural choice to turn his hand to The Pirates of Penzance at English National Opera. Sadly, this proved not to be the case.

**111

**111

London

10 May 2015

That sinking feeling: ENO’s Pirates of Penzance

By Mark Pullinger