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L’Amour, affaire de famille : La divisione del mondo à l’Opéra du Rhin

Par Beate Langenbruch, 10 février 2019

Christophe Rousset et Les Talens Lyriques exhument La divisione del mondo, opéra de Legrenzi donné pour la première fois en France 350 ans après sa création. Une découverte qui offre des moments exquis, portés par la mise en scène de Jetske Mijnssen.

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Strasbourg

10 févr. 2019

L’Amour, affaire de famille : La divisione del mondo à Strasbourg

Par Beate Langenbruch

Il re pastore au Théâtre du Châtelet : Mozart en version manga

Par Anne-Laure Faubert, 22 janvier 2015

C’est une mise en scène dont on se souviendra longtemps : Il re pastore, opéra composé par Mozart alors âgé de 19 ans, fait dès les premiers instants référence aux dessins animés des années 1980, à Star Wars et aux mangas japonais.

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Paris

22 janv. 2015

Mozart en version manga

Par Anne-Laure Faubert

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Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

Par Nick Boston, 08 juin 2025

Returning from the original run, Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies were joined by a strong cast and chorus for a revival of Barrie Kosky's striking production.

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Glyndebourne

08 juin 2025

Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

Par Nick Boston

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Terrifically strong principals in Irish National Opera’s new Rigoletto

Par Andrew Larkin, 01 décembre 2024

Michael Chioldi, Soraya Mafi and Bekhzod Davronov shine in Julien Chavez’ energetic production in Dublin’s Bord Gais Theatre.

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Dublin

01 déc. 2024

Terrifically strong principals in Irish National Opera’s Rigoletto

Par Andrew Larkin

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A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from Welsh National Opera at Mayflower Theatre

Par David Truslove, 14 novembre 2024

Fine performances in a punchy new production that coats this tragic opera in a large dollop of debauchery.

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Southampton

14 nov. 2024

A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower

Par David Truslove

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Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Par Dominic Lowe, 09 juin 2024

Glyndebourne's new production of Lehár's greatest work is interpreted with his customary flair and fun by Cal McCrystal.

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Glyndebourne

09 juin 2024

Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Par Dominic Lowe

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Fine cast shines in Garsington's new Mitridate, where the walls close in on warring royalty

Par Stephen Pritchard, 01 juin 2023

Robert Murray excels as the eponymous king in the opera seria that cemented the 14-year old Mozart’s position as the next big thing.

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High Wycombe

01 juin 2023

Fine cast shines in Garsington's new Mitridate

Par Stephen Pritchard

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In the Realms of Sorrow: London Handel Festival presents cantatas in the round

Par Mark Valencia, 02 mars 2023

Director Adele Thomas can do no wrong, sustaining her extraordinary run of fizz with this unlikely concatenation of four Handel cantatas at Stone Nest.

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Londres

02 mars 2023

In the Realms of Sorrow: Handel cantatas in the round

Par Mark Valencia

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Strictly Alcina: Handel as Fellini fantasy cabaret at Glyndebourne

Par Mark Pullinger, 02 juillet 2022

Director Francesco Micheli undersells Handel in this Glyndebourne debut, but there's plenty of froth to keep the audience entertained.

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Glyndebourne

02 juil. 2022

Strictly Alcina: Handel as Fellini fantasy cabaret at Glyndebourne

Par Mark Pullinger

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Seattle Opera's Figaro brims with rejuvenating comic energy and warmth

Par Thomas May, 07 mai 2022

A light, amiable touch predominates in the Peter Kazaras production of Le nozze di Figaro, with a focus on the opera's impeccable comic pacing.

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Seattle

07 mai 2022

Seattle Opera's Figaro brims with rejuvenating comic energy

Par Thomas May

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Death is the star in a biting Kaiser von Atlantis at the Barbican

Par David Karlin, 23 janvier 2022

Ullmann's one act opera, written in the concentration camp at Terezin, receives a powerful performance from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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Londres

23 janv. 2022

Death is the star in a biting Kaiser von Atlantis at the Barbican

Par David Karlin

Edinburgh International Festival closes in style with a terrific Ariadne auf Naxos

Par David Smythe, 25 août 2021

Memorable role debuts from Dorothea Röschmann, David Butt Philip and Catriona Morison make Ariadne auf Naxos with the RSNO and Lothar Koenigs a night to savour.

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Edimbourg

25 août 2021

EIF closes in style with a terrific Ariadne auf Naxos

Par David Smythe

In the footsteps of Hafez: exploring Persian poetry at Oxford Lieder

Par Mark Pullinger, 11 octobre 2020

A deep-dive into the world of 14th-century Persian poet, Hafez, and his influence on song across the centuries.

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Oxford

11 oct. 2020

In the footsteps of Hafez: exploring Persian poetry at Oxford Lieder

Par Mark Pullinger

A delicious bite-sized chunk of romantic opera: Scottish Opera's The Telephone

Par David Karlin, 10 août 2020

Attractive music and delicious comedy abound in Scottish Opera's short film of Gian Carlo Menotti's 1947 comic opera, made for Edinburgh International Festival.

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Edimbourg

10 août 2020

A delicious bite-sized chunk of romantic opera: The Telephone

Par David Karlin

WNO’s Figaro revival crackles with humour and exudes joie de vivre

Par Alice Hughes, 16 février 2020

A solid Figaro in Cardiff, in which individual performances are a joy, and humour abounds.

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Cardiff

16 févr. 2020

WNO’s Figaro revival crackles with humour and exudes joie de vivre

Par Alice Hughes

Die Aufteilung der Welt: Erinnerung an eine vergessene Barockoper

Par Cristina Burack, 30 août 2019

Christophe Rousset und Les Talens Lyriques zeigen, dass etwas Verschollenes modern, ergreifend und aufregend sein kann.

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Cologne

30 août 2019

Die Aufteilung der Welt: Erinnerung an eine vergessene Barockoper

Par Cristina Burack

Timelessly timely: a dark and damning Rigoletto in Seattle

Par Thomas May, 10 août 2019

Using the misogyny and violence of Rigoletto to hold up a mirror to contemporary corruption, Lindy Hume's production overcomes its inconsistencies with a vivid blend of theatrical and musical values.

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Seattle

10 août 2019

Timelessly timely: a dark and damning Rigoletto in Seattle

Par Thomas May

Into the Woods: Hansel and Gretel at Grange Park Opera

Par Benjamin Poore, 23 juin 2019

Darkness sits alongside comedy in a new production of Humperdinck's delicious children's opera.

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West Horsley

23 juin 2019

Into the Woods: Hansel and Gretel at Grange Park Opera

Par Benjamin Poore

Songs of innocence and experience: Verdi's Falstaff at Garsington

Par Charlotte Valori, 16 juin 2018

Bruno Ravella's fast-paced Falstaff for Garsington still has crucial space for pathos amid the comedy, with a notably subtle central performance from Henry Waddington.

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High Wycombe

16 juin 2018

Songs of innocence and experience: Falstaff at Garsington

Par Charlotte Valori

Hot ice and strange snow: an unseasonal return for Carsen’s bed-hopping Dream

Par Mark Pullinger, 01 mars 2018

In Siberian conditions more akin to The Winter's Tale, a revival of Robert Carsen's season setting of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream offered a warm glow at the Coliseum.

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Londres

01 mars 2018

Hot ice and strange snow

Par Mark Pullinger

Static but worth the slog: ETO's two-part Giulio Cesare

Par Olivia Bell, 07 octobre 2017

Conway's decision to render Handel's epic in its entirety was let down by a static staging and unnecessary repeats that masked the hidden gem-like arias.

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Londres

07 oct. 2017

Static but worth the slog: ETO's Giulio Cesare

Par Olivia Bell

Morlot in his element for L’Enfant et les sortilèges

Par Erica Miner, 03 juin 2017

Music Director Ludovic Morlot, known for his intriguing programming, outdid himself with a summery breeze of a program that enchanted from beginning to end.

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Seattle

03 juin 2017

Morlot in his element for L’Enfant et les sortilèges

Par Erica Miner

A poised and pretty outing of a prodigy's exercises

Par Olivia Bell, 16 mai 2017

Mozart's “pasticcio concertos”, composed at the remarkable age of 11, may lack integral vibrancy and brilliance, but are brought to life by an exuberant Bezuidenhout

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Londres

16 mai 2017

A poised and pretty outing of a prodigy's exercises

Par Olivia Bell

Petticoated pirate romp: The Pirates of Penzance at ENO

Par Olivia Bell, 09 février 2017

There’s nothing new or inventive about Leigh’s revived production, which in itself is not a crime, but neither is there an abundance of energy; it's all a bit nice.

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Londres

09 févr. 2017

Petticoated pirate romp at ENO

Par Olivia Bell

Brilliant Il tabarro and Suor Angelica complete Opera North's Puccini triptych

Par Richard Wilcocks, 01 octobre 2016

Two parts of Puccini's triptych are directed by Michael Barker-Craven - Il tabarro and Suor Angelica - in brilliantly successful productions at Leeds Grand Theatre.

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Leeds

01 oct. 2016

Brilliant Il tabarro and Suor Angelica

Par Richard Wilcocks

A cruel Così fan tutte at West Green House Opera

Par Dominic Lowe, 30 juillet 2016

Newlyn's updating of the opera to the Second World War was effective, while a superb Despina from Soraya Mafi gave the performance real fizz.

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Hook

30 juil. 2016

A cruel Così fan tutte at West Green House

Par Dominic Lowe

Janáček's score, Alden's direction and Wigglesworth's conducting make a searing Jenůfa at ENO

Par David Karlin, 23 juin 2016

In Janáček's searing excoriation of small town social mores, superb orchestra, singing and acting make this revival of David Alden's Jenůfa into an unmissable evening of opera.

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Londres

23 juin 2016

A searing Jenůfa at ENO

Par David Karlin

London Mozart Players present rare Mozart through modern eyes

Par Jack Johnson, 14 avril 2016

The London Mozart Players and a talented company of singers presented a special chance to hear a rare, unfinished Mozart opera in an even rarer guise.

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Londres

14 avril 2016

Rare Mozart through modern eyes

Par Jack Johnson

An incandescent Magic Flute from Mark Wigglesworth at ENO

Par Dominic Lowe, 05 février 2016

A revival of Simon McBurney's 2013 production of The Magic Flute reaches new heights under Mark Wigglesworth's baton.

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Londres

05 févr. 2016

An incandescent Magic Flute at ENO

Par Dominic Lowe

Razor sharp: a bloody Sweeney Todd at Welsh National Opera

Par Simon Rees, 08 octobre 2015

Sondheim's Sweeney Todd seen and heard as it is: one of the greatest late-20th-century operas.

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Cardiff

08 oct. 2015

Razor sharp: a bloody Sweeney Todd at WNO

Par Simon Rees

That sinking feeling: ENO’s Pirates of Penzance scuppered at the Coliseum

Par Mark Pullinger, 09 mai 2015

As director of the film Topsy-Turvy, Mike Leigh seemed like a natural choice to turn his hand to The Pirates of Penzance at English National Opera. Sadly, this proved not to be the case.

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Londres

09 mai 2015

That sinking feeling: ENO’s Pirates of Penzance

Par Mark Pullinger

Grimes ahoy! Suffolk's coast transplanted to the rolling Hampshire Downs

Par Mark Pullinger, 30 mai 2014

Bringing Peter Grimes to Grange Park a year after the Britten centenary is an enormous challenge. With ‘Grimes on the Beach’ still fresh in the memory, the task of recreating the Suffolk coast in Hampshire’s idyllic countryside might have seemed a step too far.

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Alresford

30 mai 2014

Grimes ahoy! Suffolk's coast transplanted to the rolling Hampshire Downs

Par Mark Pullinger

Dazzling coloratura delights in Handel's Arianna in Creta

Par Aksel Tollåli, 04 mars 2014

Despite a disappointingly static production, the cast shine in the Royal College of Music's producion of Handel's rarity Arianna in Creta.

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Londres

04 mars 2014

Dazzling coloratura delights in Handel's Arianna in Creta

Par Aksel Tollåli

Sixteen nuns executed near Winchester: Dialogues des Carmélites at Grange Park

Par Paul Kilbey, 22 juin 2013

When you think chic, black-tie country house opera, you probably don’t also think sixteen barefoot nuns being executed. Grange Park Opera’s fusion of these two contrasting ideas, however, has a lot going for it: their production of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites combines its minimal but effective staging with some impressive singing.

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Alresford

22 juin 2013

Sixteen nuns executed near Winchester: Dialogues des Carmélites at Grange Park

Par Paul Kilbey

Marvellous Mikado at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival

Par Andrew H. King, 29 juillet 2012

The Gilbert and Sullivan canon perhaps achieves the pinnacle of its greatness with The Mikado. The ninth of their fourteen collaborations, it was premièred at the Savoy Theatre in 1885 and the gentlemen were rewarded with an extraordinary success.

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Buxton

29 juil. 2012

Marvellous Mikado at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival

Par Andrew H. King