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Artiste: Laurence Cole

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WNO’s abstract Magic Flute proves more contemporary than cohesive

Julia Sitkovetsky (Queen of the Night) © Craig Fuller

WNO delivers a well-performed production of Mozart’s Magic Flute with some fresh ideas, but other which dilute it. 

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

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

War and Peace: WNO comes to London to parade its wares

It’s a small miracle that the production has been recreated so well in such a short time frame.

Bowler hats and lobsters: WNO's surreal Magic Flute returns

Dominic Cooke’s Magritte-inspired production returns to Wales Millennium Centre to keep the audience giggling. 

McVicar's Traviata is still darkly impressive

Even given a routine revival, McVicar's staging has much to recommend it, returning the opera to its literary roots. 

Ferocious intensity: Pountney's new War and Peace at WNO

WNO make a compelling case for Prokofiev's gargantuan War and Peace.