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A spirited and seamless production of Strauss’s Ariadne is aided by some excellent singing and playing at London’s premier summer opera festival.

Antony McDonald’s take on Ariadne auf Naxos, a co-production from Scottish Opera and Opera Holland Park, sparkles with wit. 

There are no answers, nor indeed many probing questions, in this Scottish Opera revival of Sir David McVicar’s production from 2008, but it is sumptuous and enjoyable.

In Shoreditch, the Royal Academy of Music showed off some superb singing in a chilling exploration of tyranny and unrestrained power.

Le plasticien et performeur Ben Vautier qui « aime le nouveau » se pose cette question existentielle : « si faire nouveau n’est plus nouveau, ne plus faire nouveau est-ce encore nouveau ? » Le Couronnement de Poppée de Monteverdi donné à l’Opéra de Vichy lui répond par l’affirmatif.