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10 Days in a Madhouse receives Canadian premiere

Taylor-Alexis Dupont (Lizzie) © Eric Forget Photography
10 Days in a Madhouse is a musically and dramatically excellent but disturbing insight into conditions in a women’s asylum brought to life in Toronto by an excellent production.
****1
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Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO

Hugh Cutting (Arsace) and Nardus Williams (Partenope) © Lloyd Winters
Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits. 
****1
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Opera Philadelphia's 10 Days in a Madhouse confronts madwoman myth

Will Liverman (Dr Josiah Blackwell), Kiera Duffy (Nellie) and Lauren Pearl (Matron) © Dominic M Mercier
In this world-premiere work, which opens Opera Philadelphia's Festival O23, composer Rene Orth and librettist Hannah Moscovitch dramatize and deconstruct the true story of Nellie Bly's commitment to a mental asylum.
*****
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From page to stage: Girl with a Pearl Earring premieres in Zurich

The Zurich opera house launches a novel production of Stefan Wirth's new opera in three movements based on the popular 1999 novel by Tracy Chevalier. 
***11
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War and Peace: Philip Venables Denis & Katya in Amsterdam

An emotional work, structured like a strident television documentary tailored to a young audience.
****1
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Love, intrigue… and black paint-play: Luisa Miller at ENO

Verdi and Schiller lose out to Barbora Horáková in a new staging for English National Opera. 
***11
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