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Harmonious images and geometric designs frame an effective staging and well sung performance of Monteverdi's last opera.

An excellent singing cast combine with Bruno Ravella's sensitive direction and brilliant orchestral playing to bring to life Strauss' heady mix of farce and high art.

Outstanding singing from a beautifully chosen cast led by Miah Persson and Hanna Hipp. 

Peter Mumford's intelligent staging concept and a knockout performance by a reduced Philharmonia Orchestra made this a night to remember.

English Touring Opera open their autumn season with the first of two Singspiels. 

Despite the excellent playing of the Britten Sinfonia, Anna Morrissey’s flawed production disappoints. 

Two contemporary operas give us darkness and death in riveting, inexorable performances. 

The Royal College of Music's first opera of the season, The Cunning Little Vixen has some excellent singing and first-class playing from the student orchestra.

With a combined age of 161 years, John Copley and Steuart Bedford certainly bring ample experience to Grange Festival's new production of Britten's Albert Herring. 

A child's world comes magically to life in Ravel's one-act lyric fantasy L'Enfant et les sortilèges in a beautiful production by the young singers of Samling Academy.