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An impressive display of singing technique isn't enough to make RCM's Ariodante connect with hearts and minds.

An energetic performance of Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus, showcased both the work and some very fine young singers.

A reconstruction of a long-lost opera by Handel gives some exciting young singers the chance to shine at the London Handel Festival, even if the plot might be better back in the mists of obscurity. 

“... and as Venice in many things surpasses all places else where I have been, so are these Operas the most excellent of all its glorious Vanities.” So wrote the entranced English traveller Richard Bargrave in 1655. These days, however, Venice travels to England in the form of the English Touring Opera’s 2013 autumn season production.

Im Vorabend von Wagners Ring-Zyklus imponiert vor allem das hohe musikalische Niveau unter Leitung von Roland Kluttig.

Brittens dramatisches Werk einer Hetzjagd auf einen ausgegrenzten Sonderling beeindruckt durch radikalen Regieansatz ebenso wie orchestrale Wucht und stimmliche Präsenz.