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ParisManon LescautNouvelle production

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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Lorenzo Passerini; Oliver Mears; Annemarie Woods; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestre National de France

LondresI puritaniNouvelle production

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © RBO | Tristram Kenton
Bellini: I Puritani (Les Puritains)
Riccardo Frizza; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Hyemi Shin; Nicky Gillibrand; Adam Silverman; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

LondresLa bohème

Juliana Grigoryan (Mimì) © RBO | Ian Hippolyte
Puccini: La bohème
Lorenzo Passerini; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Stewart Laing; Mimi Jordan Sherin; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

LondresAlcina

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Haendel: Alcina
David Bates; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Antony McDonald; Lucy Carter; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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
Critiques récentesEn voir plus...

A midsummer Christmas delight: La bohème at Covent Garden

Juliana Grigoryan (Mimì) © RBO | Ian Hippolyte
It's the world's best opera – if we can define that as the one best suited to the distinctive talents of a composing genius.

Lisette Oropesa the jewel in Covent Garden’s new Puritani crown

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © RBO | Tristram Kenton
The role of Elvira in Bellini’s I puritani contains the most challenging mad scenes in all opera, but soprano Lisette Oropesa dazzles on the opening night of Richard Jones’ new production.

Bernstein’s devastating double bill of raw emotion cuts to the bone

Wallis Giunta (Dinah) © Marc Brenner 2024
Henry Neill gives a devastating performance as Sam in Trouble in Tahiti in The Royal Opera’s Bernstein double bill in the Linbury Theatre. 

Impressive Royal Opera debut by Ruzan Mantashyan in Bohème revival

Ruzan Mantashyan (Mimì) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell
The Armenian soprano sweeps all before her in a delightfully controlled, touching performance, enhanced by a voice that would melt the stoniest of hearts. 

Lucid in music and narrative: ENO's Rhinegold

John Relyea (Wotan) © English National Opera | Marc Brenner
Martyn Brabbins conducts an excellent ENO orchestra and consistently good ensemble cast as Richard Jones delivers a wealth of narrative detail to introduce Wagner's Ring.

Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera

No hippos in tutus for The Dance of the Hours, but panto frolics abound in Stephen Madcalf's staging in the idyllic Theatre in the Woods.