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Werther in the woods: an intense new production at Grange Park Opera

Ginger Costa-Jackson (Charlotte) and Leonardo Capalbo (Werther) © Marc Brenner
John Doyle's emotional staging of Werther gets to the heart of Massenet's engagement with Goethe in memorable performances.      
****1
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Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods

Izabela Matula (Tosca) © Marc Brenner
Stephen Medcalf gingers up Grange Park Opera’s staging with some deft directorial touches… even if Tosca is denied her final leap.
***11
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A brilliant barrack room ballad: Otello at Grange Park Opera

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Elizabeth Llewellyn and Sir Simon Keenlyside star in David Alden's setting of Otello in a militarised Cyprus.
****1
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Irish National Opera's entertaining Carmen is a hit in Dublin

Paul Curran's production of Carmen is entertaining and slick, with Paula Murrihy as a feisty heroine.
***11
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Even crazier than the books: Gerald Barry's Alice

Barry goes for out-weirding Carroll at a fast and furious pace. There's plenty of fun and it's beautifully staged – but is that enough?
**111
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Billy Budd finally drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

After nearly two decades away from the Covent Garden stage, it was time Britten's Billy Budd came home, in a new production from Madrid by Deborah Warner. 
****1
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