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BuxtonThe Merry Widow

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Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe (La Veuve joyeuse)
Iwan Davies; John Savournin; Buxton Festival Opera; takis; Ben Pickersgill; Buxton International Festival Orchestra
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A mafioso Merry Widow at Opera Holland Park

Alex Otterburn (Danilo) © Mihaela Bodlovic
Despite some excellent music-making, John Savournin's production is hindered by a laboured New York relocation. 

Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia

Paula Sides (Hanna Glawari) © Mihaela Bodlovic

With misplaced horse heads, violin case guns and as many mafia gags as you could hope for, Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow may not be subtle but it looks and sounds gorgeous. 

The darker side of G&S: Yeomen of the Guard at Holland Park

Matthew Kellett (Jack Point) © Ellie Kurttz
Some good singing performances can't overcome a dated feeling of Gilbert's humour: the evening improves as the storm clouds gather.

Jungle drums beating true

John Savournin takes Mozart's Magic Flute on an exotic adventure into the Peruvian rainforest: and retrieves more than a sprinkling of Inca gold. 

A sparkling Patience in Harrogate

This traditional production of Patience was strongly sung and acted and was a joyful evening.

Always a bridesmaid: Charles Court Opera's Ruddigore

Ruddigore is a glorious comic romp through a very English country village, full of wonderfully awkward Edwardian love and delicious puns. Whatever your Valentine experience this year, you can't help but be swept up in it.