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High WycombeIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patriaNouvelle production

Ed Lyon (Ulisse) © Julian Guidera
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Le Retour d'Ulysse dans sa patrie), SV 325
Laurence Cummings; John Caird; Garsington Opera; Robert Jones; Paul Pyant; The English Concert
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Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera

Ed Lyon (Ulisse) © Julian Guidera
Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.

Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Danielle de Niese (Hanna) and cancan dancers © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Glyndebourne's new production of Lehár's greatest work is interpreted with his customary flair and fun by Cal McCrystal. 

Time for a cut? Jonathan Miller's Barber of Seville returns to ENO

Charles Rice (Figaro) and Simon Bailey (Bartolo) © Clive Barda
Miller's production, running since 1987, is starting to show its ago, but an excellent performance from Anna Devin keeps English National Opera's latest revival moving.

Radiant, comic, magical: Ariadne auf Naxos at Garsington Opera

Richard Pinkstone, Marcus Farnsworth, Innocent Masuku and Ossian Huskinson (Zerbinetta's troupe) © Craig Fuller
An excellent singing cast combine with Bruno Ravella's sensitive direction and brilliant orchestral playing to bring to life Strauss' heady mix of farce and high art.

Korngold's extravagant opera The Dead City staged in style by ENO

William Morgan, Clare Presland, Lauren Bridle. Rhian Lois and Innocent Masuku © Helen Murray
Annilese Miskimmon directs a the first ever production by ENO of Erich Korngold's tale of bereavement, grief and the poisonous impact of lost love on an obsessive mind. 

On a knife-edge: Carmen returns to English National Opera

Sean Panikkar (Don José) and Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen) © Adiam Yemane
Bieito’s vivid production of Bizet's most famous work is a classic; his attack on toxic masculinity is visceral, made more potent by an excellent leading pair of singers.