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High WycombeIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patriaNouvelle production
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Le Retour d'Ulysse dans sa patrie), SV 325
Laurence Cummings; John Caird; Garsington Opera; Robert Jones; Paul Pyant; The English Concert
High WycombeLa traviataNouvelle production
Verdi: La Traviata
Douglas Boyd; Louisa Muller; Garsington Opera; Tess Jackson; Christopher Oram; Marcus Doshi
LondresElektra
Strauss R.: Elektra
Semyon Bychkov; Christof Loy; The Royal Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Olaf Winter; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Critiques récentesEn voir plus...
Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera
Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.
A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House
Sir Mark Elder celebrates 50 years at Covent Garden by returning to his first opera there in 1976 – Verdi's Rigoletto – in a revival of Oliver Mears' excellent 2021 production.
Diminishing returns in The Royal Opera’s Sicilian Vespers
Joyce El-Khoury saves the day in The Royal Opera’s second revival of The Sicilian Vespers in Stefan Herheim’s paint-by-numbers production.
McVicar’s magic only improves with age: Scottish Opera’s La traviata
Scottish Opera’s stylish revival is very finely sung with Hye-Youn Lee as Violetta, Ji-Min Park as Alfredo and Philip Rhodes as Germont.
A revenger’s tragedy: La forza del destino returns to London
Christof Loy's 2019 production proves even more compelling second time round, with excellent acting and a properly heroic tenor performance from Brian Jagde.
Fulljames' police thriller Carmen closes Scottish Opera season
Fine singing from Justina Gringytė, Alok Kumar and Hye-Youn Lee lead a strong supporting cast, with Dane Lam conducting the Scottish Opera Orchestra and Chorus on top form.