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Oliver Mears' new production of Britten's chamber opera is a visceral reflection on tyranny and sexual violence.

Janáček's woodland fairy tale proved a superb ensemble choice for the festival's Emerging Artists program.

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

Timothy Edlin was a superb ass, first among six equals, in Liam Steel's production. 

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.

Stephen Unwin's straight direction and some talented young singers from the Royal Academy of Music Opera school made these two works a real treat. 

British Youth Opera revives a forgotten operatic entertainment from the 1960s with flair and professionalism.

Sometimes in a performance there is a moment when everything just comes together; when every element on stage is operating at such a high level that the performance transcends these elements and causes one to become so immersed in the proceedings that you forget you’re at a performance at all.

Auckland choir Viva Voce’s final offering for the year was a semi-staged performance of Handel’s late oratorio Solomon. An attempt to stage Solomon must deal with two important issues: firstly, not a lot dramatic happens to actually stage, and secondly, the three acts bear little dramatic relation to each other.