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West HorsleyIl barbiere di SivigliaNouvelle production

Nico Darmanin (Almaviva) and Simon Bailey (Doctor Bartolo) © Marc Brenner
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Le Barbier de Séville)
Gianluca Marcianò; Bruno Ravella; Grange Park Opera; Francis O'Connor; Tim Mitchell; The Gascoigne Orchestra

High WycombeThe Importance of Being EarnestNouvelle production

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Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
Douglas Boyd; Jack Furness; Garsington Opera; Francis O'Connor; Hannah Wolfe; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rebecca Meltzer

GalwayTestamentCréation mondiale

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O'Regan: Testament
Elaine Kelly; Rachael Hewer; Irish National Opera; Francis O'Connor; Joan O'Clery; Kevin Treacy; Irish National Opera Orchestra
Critiques récentesEn voir plus...

Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s new Barbiere is a hit

Nico Darmanin (Almaviva) and Simon Bailey (Doctor Bartolo) © Marc Brenner
With an excellent cast and superb musicianship from the pit, Bruno Ravella's new production of Rossini's beloved comedy knocks it out of the park for Grange Park Opera.

Ukraine matters: Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa at Grange Park Opera

David Stout (Mazeppa) and Rachel Nicholls (Mariya) © Marc Brenner
Why is Tchaikovsky’s very fine opera still a rarity outside Russia? David Pountney directs a new production at the Surrey festival. 

Irish National Opera serves up a terrifically entertaining Faust

Nicholas Brownlee (Méphistophélès) and Duke Kim (Faust) © Pat Redmond
Jack Furness turns Faust into an Oppenheimer-type scientist in a powerful, well-sung staging in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. 

Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods

Izabela Matula (Tosca) © Marc Brenner
Stephen Medcalf gingers up Grange Park Opera’s staging with some deft directorial touches… even if Tosca is denied her final leap.

Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera

No hippos in tutus for The Dance of the Hours, but panto frolics abound in Stephen Madcalf's staging in the idyllic Theatre in the Woods. 

A resonant Fidelio from Irish National Opera

Under director Annabelle Comyn’s modern setting, we have a moving, convincing Fidelio to resonate with our current age.