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EdinburghVerdi’s A Masked Ball
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Gianandrea Noseda; Adele Thomas; Zurich Opera; Hannah Clark; Franck Evin; Zurich Opera Chorus
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Well cast, high-quality singers in Royal Opera Trovatore revival
Giacomo Sagripanti’s live wire dynamics and keenly judged tempo choices keep this revival of Verdi's Il trovatore buoyant at Covent Garden.
A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower
Fine performances in a punchy new production that coats this tragic opera in a large dollop of debauchery.
Joélle Harvey is outstanding in Glyndebourne's incendiary Semele
Adele Thomas makes a good case for Semele's operatic credentials in her production which makes effective nods towards Baroque opera’s devotion to spectacle.
Barton’s Azucena drags Trovatore from the flames
Adele Thomas’ Royal Opera staging channels the Marx Brothers in playing it for laughs, but the musical compensations are many under Sir Antonio Pappano.
In the Realms of Sorrow: Handel cantatas in the round
Director Adele Thomas can do no wrong, sustaining her extraordinary run of fizz with this unlikely concatenation of four Handel cantatas at Stone Nest.
Baroque thrills: Vivaldi's Bajazet comes to Covent Garden
In its Royal Opera House debut, Irish National Opera's high-energy Bajazet provides a great evening for Baroque fans and sceptics alike.
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Zurich Opera marks end of an era with slew of new productions
Zurich sees an impressive 11 new opera and 5 new dance productions in 2024–25, including two world premieres, marking the departure of intendant Andreas Homoki after 13 years at the house.