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GlyndebourneThe Barber of Seville

Fabio Capitanucci (Dr Bartolo) and Lluís Calvet i Pey (Figaro) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Craig Fuller
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Le Barbier de Séville)
Chloe Rooke; Annabel Arden; Glyndebourne Autumn; Joanna Parker; James Farncombe; Glyndebourne Sinfonia

LondresIl trittico

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Puccini
Speranza Scappucci; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Ultz; Nicky Gillibrand; DM Wood; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

West HorsleyL'elisir d'amoreNouvelle production

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Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore (L'Élixir d’amour)
Gianluca Marcianò; Olivia Fuchs; Grange Park Opera; Francis O'Connor; Tim Mitchell; The Gascoigne Orchestra
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À l’Opéra de Bordeaux : la beauté de Robert le Diable

Injustement délaissé depuis l'incroyable succès lors de sa création en 1831, on découvre avec ravissement l'œuvre décisive de Meyerbeer.

The fizz remains in Glyndebourne’s Barber of Seville

Fabio Capitanucci (Dr Bartolo) and Lluís Calvet i Pey (Figaro) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Craig Fuller
Glyndebourne revives Annabel Arden's colourful production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, with a strong vocal and comedic cast and clear musical direction from Chloe Rooke.

Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s new Barbiere is a hit

Nico Darmanin (Almaviva) and Simon Bailey (Doctor Bartolo) © Marc Brenner
With an excellent cast and superb musicianship from the pit, Bruno Ravella's new production of Rossini's beloved comedy knocks it out of the park for Grange Park Opera.

Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni

Andrei Bondarenko (Don Giovanni) and Sam Carl (Leporello) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Strong musical performances in a flawed and confused production revived for the autumn season at Glyndebourne. 

Opera North's Pearl Fishers proves a winner

Sophia Theodorides (Leïla) and Nico Darmanin (Nadir) © James Glossop
Directed by Matthew Eberhardt and conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren, this semi-staging of Bizet's opera is well worth experiencing, despite its weak plot. 

La donna del lago in Buxton: glorious music, confusing production

Buxton International Festival presents Rossini's exhilarating La donna del lago with fine singing, but it is undermined by Jacopo Spirei's staging.