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Elisa Verzier (Violetta) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, Photographer: Richard Hubert Smith

Elisa Verzier commands Tom Cairns’ iconic Traviata at Glyndebourne

By Eleanor Knight, 13 October 2024

Elisa Verzier, making her Glyndebourne debut, is astonishing as Violetta in a revival of Tom Cairns' 2014 production.

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Glyndebourne

13 Oct 2024

Elisa Verzier commands Tom Cairns’ iconic Traviata at Glyndebourne

By Eleanor Knight

Cinderella © Richard Hubert Smith

English Touring Opera put Rossini’s La Cenerentola in a museum

By Mark Valencia, 28 October 2023

Rossini's take on the Cinderella story is bright, buoyant, witty, well sung, if ending on a sour directorial note.

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Snape

28 Oct 2023

English Touring Opera put Rossini's Cenerentola in a museum

By Mark Valencia

Il viaggio a Reims © Richard Hubert Smith

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

04 Mar 2023

ETO's new Il viaggio a Reims is a long journey

By Dominic Lowe

A heartening return to live opera at Highgate's Lauderdale House

By Timmy Fisher, 13 August 2020

HGO's production of Holst's Sāvitri is a smart choice for a socially distant era. But why mess with a winning formula?

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London

13 Aug 2020

A heartening return to live opera at Highgate's Lauderdale House

By Timmy Fisher