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Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill

By David Smythe, 14 May 2025

Scottish Opera’s double bill of Trial by Jury and the world premiere of Toby Hession’s fun-packed A Matter of Misconduct! features an ensemble cast, mostly of Emerging Artists.

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Glasgow

15 May 2025

Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill

By David Smythe

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Glasgow

From Wales to Scotland, The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

By Mark Valencia, 15 February 2025

Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.

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Glasgow

17 Feb 2025

The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

By Mark Valencia

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Glasgow

Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning

By David Smythe, 22 October 2024

Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring is updated to 1990 in Daisy Evans' likeable production, finely sung with a tight ensemble.

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Glasgow

23 Oct 2024

Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning

By David Smythe

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London

English Touring Opera opens spring tour with an off-the-wall Manon Lescaut

By Mark Valencia, 24 February 2024

Jude Christian's indulgent reinvention of Puccini's opera does not serve English Touring Opera well as it embarks on its spring tour.

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London

25 Feb 2024

ETO opens spring tour with an off-the-wall Manon Lescaut

By Mark Valencia

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Buxton

Caesar conquers Buxton: ETO's slimmed-down Giulio Cesare strikes just the right note

By Sarah Noble, 11 May 2023

Top notch singing, judicious pruning and production which prioritises human drama over camp spectacle make for an illuminating take on Handel's most frequently staged opera.

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Buxton

13 May 2023

Caesar conquers Buxton: ETO's slimmed-down Giulio Cesare

By Sarah Noble

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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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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.

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London

04 Mar 2023

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

By David Karlin

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London

Emerging from the gloom: Handel's Ottone revived by ETO in Hackney

By Mark Valencia, 01 October 2022

A revival of James Conway's staging of Ottone launches English Touring Opera's autumn season of three Handel operas.

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London

02 Oct 2022

Emerging from the gloom: Handel's Ottone revived by ETO in Hackney

By Mark Valencia

London

Who knew desert islands could be such tuneful fun? Offenbach's Robinson Crusoe at the RCM

By David Karlin, 13 March 2019

A delicious evening which showed off its young talent to best advantage and made us want more Offenbach.

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London

13 Mar 2019

Tuneful desert island fun: Robinson Crusoe at the RCM

By David Karlin