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It's grim up North: a heartbreaking Katya Kabanova in Leeds

Tim Albery's production for Opera North is well sung and superbly acted, involving us deeply in Janáček's tragic family drama.

More croce than delizia in Kramer’s new Traviata

Despite the entertainment value and striking imagery, Kramer's production is a surprisingly dull affair, with curiously little chemistry between the lead couple.

Fresh peaches of temptation

A period-perfect Albert Herring from Francis Matthews for Buxton International Festival takes time to settle into its stride, but provides plenty of laughs along the way. 

Full immersion, total immolation

Mati Turi (Siegfried) © Clive Barda
Crowning this cycle came a truly magnificent performance of Götterdämmerung, centred very much on Richard Farnes and his orchestra.

Wotan's woes mount in Opera North's Die Walküre

Kelly Cae Hogan (Brünnhilde) and Robert Hayward (Wotan) © Clive Barda
In Anna Russell's wittily deadpan analysis of Wagner's Ring cycle, she describes Wotan as “the head god” – pausing for dramatic effect before adding “and he's a crashing bore too.”

Fright at the Museum: Slater’s Aida flops at Holland Park

Third time unlucky? After a scorching start to the summer, with superb productions of Il trittico and Flight, Opera Holland Park’s season came unstuck with a horror of a show in Daniel Slater’s Aida.
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LeedsDie Walküre Act 3

Kelly Cae Hogan (Brünnhilde) and Robert Hayward (Wotan) © Clive Barda
Wagner: La Walkyrie (Die Walküre)
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Robert Hayward; Kelly Cae Hogan; Katherine Broderick; Giselle Allen

LeedsGötterdämmerung Prologue & Act 1

Mati Turi (Siegfried) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Crépuscule des dieux (Götterdämmerung)
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Mati Turi; Kelly Cae Hogan; Andrew Foster-Williams; Giselle Allen