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A pared back production is required in these Covid times: as little physical contact as possible, no chorus on stage, and tempi brisk and alert to keep the audience in the house for as short a time as possible. 

The Bavarian State Opera avoids the routine in a powerfully cast revival of Richard Jones' building-site production of Lohengrin.

A revival of Richard Jones’ production of Handel’s emotionally probing opera. 

Robert Dean Smith replacing an ailing tenor as Lohengrin was merely adequate but the rest of the cast and the superb orchestra made the modern production of Lohengrin in Munich memorable.

A blistering performance of Suor Angelica is the highlight of this strongly performed revival of Richard Jones' 2011 production.

Richard Jones creates forceful theatre by staging Ariodante as a tale of shaming and abuse. Andrea Marcon conducts an accomplished cast and the first-class Concerto Köln.

Andrea Marcon dirige la Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, apropiadamente adaptada a la música barroca, y un magnífico reparto vocal en uno de los títulos más importantes de Handel.

Forte d’une tenue et d’une distribution remarquables, portée par un souci conjugué du texte et du symbole, cette nouvelle mouture de Parsifal signée Richard Jones s’empare habilement des fulgurances et ambiguïtés de l'œuvre. 

Die Münchner Opernfestspiele präsentierten eine Lohengrin-Produktion, die nur bedingt dem Festspielniveau entsprach.