En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Jake Wiltshire

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Londres

17 nov. 2018

Le ravissement de Semele à Londres

Par Georgiana Hatara

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Leeds

Opera North stages Handel’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Par Richard Wilcocks, 04 octobre 2025

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

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Leeds

04 oct. 2025

Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Par Richard Wilcocks

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To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton International Festival

Par Mark Pullinger, 16 juillet 2025

After 45 years, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet returns to Buxton in a gripping, psychological staging by Jack Furness.

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Buxton

16 juil. 2025

To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton Festival

Par Mark Pullinger

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Jonathan Dove’s Itch at Opera Holland Park: the fascination of the elements

Par David Karlin, 03 juin 2025

Simon Mayo’s Young Adult novels are turned into an operatic romp which explores the fascination of the elements with excellent music and setting, albeit riddled with plot lacunae.

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Londres

03 juin 2025

Jonathan Dove’s Itch at Opera Holland Park

Par David Karlin

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Glasgow

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

Par David Smythe, 22 octobre 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

22 oct. 2024

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

Par David Smythe

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The darker side of Gilbert and Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard at Holland Park

Par David Karlin, 07 août 2024

Some good singing performances can't overcome a dated feeling of Gilbert's humour: the evening improves as the storm clouds gather.

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Londres

07 août 2024

The darker side of G&S: Yeomen of the Guard at Holland Park

Par David Karlin

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Gold medal for Irish National Opera's L’Olimpiade at Covent Garden

Par Roy Westbrook, 13 mai 2024

Venetian Baroque opera once had a raison d'être of spectacular and complex stagings, but Daisy Evans makes us see that other ways are possible.

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Londres

13 mai 2024

Gold medal for Irish National Opera's L’Olimpiade at Covent Garden

Par Roy Westbrook

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Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill

Par Susannah Moody, 06 novembre 2023

From the spiritual conversion of a Medieval sex-worker, to the Sleeping Beauty tale reimagined, Guildhall stages a Respighi double-bill.

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Londres

06 nov. 2023

Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill

Par Susannah Moody

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From the ballroom to the trenches: The Land of Might-Have-Been in Buxton

Par Sarah Noble, 15 juillet 2023

Setting the life of Vera Brittain to the music of Ivor Novello, Buxton Festival's new musical is a welcome if overambitious showcase for them both.

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Buxton

15 juil. 2023

From the ballroom to the trenches: The Land of Might-Have-Been

Par Sarah Noble

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Arcadia in the Peak District: Mozart's Il re pastore at the Buxton International Festival

Par Sarah Noble, 09 juillet 2023

Mozart's early opera seria may not be his greatest achievement – but lightness of touch from all involved highlight its charms in Jack Furness' new production.

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Buxton

09 juil. 2023

Arcadia in the Peak District: Mozart's Il re pastore in Buxton

Par Sarah Noble

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Potential but problems in Cecilia Stinton's Rigoletto for Opera Holland Park

Par David Karlin, 30 mai 2023

A standout performance by Alison Langer as Gilda lights up an Opera Holland Park season opener marred by illness.

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Londres

30 mai 2023

Potential but problems in Holland Park’s new Rigoletto

Par David Karlin

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Birmingham

WNO’s abstract Magic Flute proves more contemporary than cohesive

Par Robert Gainer, 03 mai 2023

WNO delivers a well-performed production of Mozart’s Magic Flute with some fresh ideas, but other which dilute it.

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Birmingham

03 mai 2023

WNO’s abstract Magic Flute proves more contemporary than cohesive

Par Robert Gainer

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HMS Pinafore at Opera Holland Park: infernal nonsense of the best kind

Par Mark Valencia, 09 août 2022

It’s a risky business to describe comic nuance or timing, so please take my word that these qualities were as pitch-perfect as the vocal prowess on display.

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Londres

09 août 2022

HMS Pinafore at OHP: infernal nonsense of the best kind

Par Mark Valencia

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Opera Holland Park shines in a dark-hued double bill of Margot la Rouge and Le Villi

Par Mark Valencia, 21 juillet 2022

Puccini's Giselle-inspired opera is given a superb staging by Martin Lloyd-Evans to deliver Opera Holland Park's banger of the season.

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Londres

21 juil. 2022

A dark-hued double bill of Margot la Rouge and Le Villi at OHP

Par Mark Valencia

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La donna del lago in Buxton: glorious music, fine singing, confusing production

Par Peter Connors, 15 juillet 2022

Buxton International Festival presents Rossini's exhilarating La donna del lago with fine singing, but it is undermined by Jacopo Spirei's staging.

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Buxton

15 juil. 2022

La donna del lago in Buxton: glorious music, confusing production

Par Peter Connors

A musical joy and a comical hoot: The Pirates of Penzance in Holland Park

Par Mark Valencia, 07 août 2021

John Savournin directs Opera Holland Park's end-of-term G&S romp.

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Londres

07 août 2021

A musical joy and a comical hoot: The Pirates of Penzance at OHP

Par Mark Valencia

Moreton-in-Marsh

Longborough Festival Opera's new Vixen a cunning, charming success

Par Roy Westbrook, 01 août 2021

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

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Moreton-in-Marsh

01 août 2021

Longborough's new Vixen a cunning, charming success

Par Roy Westbrook

High Wycombe

Bangs and whimpers: Cal McCrystal directs a riotous Le Comte Ory at Garsington

Par Dominic Lowe, 02 juillet 2021

Garsington Opera's new production of Rossini's comic masterpiece is a bawdy hoot, but humour aside it features an ensemble who provide first-class bel canto singing.

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High Wycombe

02 juil. 2021

Bangs and whimpers: Cal McCrystal directs Le Comte Ory at Garsington

Par Dominic Lowe

HGO serve up a treat with La bohème redux

Par David Karlin, 09 novembre 2019

La bohème may not seem the obvious choice for a very small theatre, but HGO carry it off with aplomb, with the help of Rodolfo sung by a star in the making.

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Londres

09 nov. 2019

HGO serve up a treat with La bohème redux

Par David Karlin

Emotion and mayhem: a golden double bill from Royal Academy Opera

Par Stephen Pritchard, 18 mars 2019

Students triumph in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges.

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Londres

18 mars 2019

Emotion and mayhem: a golden double bill from Royal Academy Opera

Par Stephen Pritchard

By Jove! A terrific Semele at the Royal Academy of Music

Par Matthew Rye, 14 novembre 2018

Royal Academy Opera maintains its usual high standards in a production of Handel’s operatic oratorio, a showcase for the singers of the future.

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Londres

14 nov. 2018

By Jove! A terrific Semele at the Royal Academy of Music

Par Matthew Rye

A marriage of youth and experience: Mozart's Figaro in Hackney

Par Matthew Rye, 30 octobre 2015

A polished production of The Marriage of Figaro from some of the potential opera stars of the future.

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