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Plaisir vocal et musical pour Aida à Montpellier

Sunyoung Seo (Aida) © Marc Ginot
Si le dispositif semi-scénique d'Annabel Arden convainc à moitié, la direction musicale et la distribution (avec Sunyoung Seo dans le rôle-titre) valent le détour.

West Australian Opera brings Eugene Onegin to Perth

Eleanor Lyons (Tatyana) and Samuel Dundas (Eugene Onegin) © West Beach Studio
Wonderful singing, orchestral playing and staging make for a successful performance of Tchaikovsky's opera, with some reservations about the production.

Opera North’s “fleeing” Dutchman links to plight of asylum seekers

Robert Hayward (The Dutchman) and Layla Claire (Senta) © James Glossop
Opera North’s The Flying Dutchman, directed by Annabel Arden, conjures up frightening storms and links the production to the plight of asylum seekers. 

NIO delivers an emotionally engaging Eugene Onegin in Belfast

Anne Flanagan (Older Tatyana), Mary McCabe (Tatyana) and Yuriy Yurchuk (Onegin) © Neil Harrison Photography | Northern Ireland Opera
Director Cameron Menzies offers a fresh perspective on Tchaikovsky's masterpiece Eugene Onegin in this Northern Ireland Opera production. 

Keeping it surreal: Martinů double-bill at the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy Opera company in Martinů’s Alexandre bis (1937) © Craig Fuller
With typical spirit, the students at the Royal Academy of Music did an excellent job in bringing Martinů’s Comedy on the Bridge and Alexandre bis to life – two lesser-known pre-war surrealist gems.

Brilliant leads make for a moving Traviata at Northern Ireland Opera

Siobhan Stagg (Violetta) © Philip Magowan
Cameron Menzies sets Verdi's timeless opera in a timeless world, with a mixture of styles indicating that all is not as it seems.