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LondonToscaNew production

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Puccini: Tosca
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; English National Opera; Rosanna Vize; Evie Gurney; Lee Curran; English National Opera Orchestra

LondonAdriana Mater

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Saariaho: Adriana Mater
André de Ridder; Annilese Miskimmon; English National Opera; Rosanna Vize; Evie Gurney; Lee Curran; English National Opera Orchestra

LeedsDead Man Walking

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Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North

SalfordDead Man Walking

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Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North

Newcastle upon TyneDead Man Walking

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Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North

NottinghamDead Man Walking

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Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North
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Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

Michael Mayes (Joseph De Rocher) and Christine Rice (Sister Helen Prejean) © Manuel Harlan
Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.
*****
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Stemme leads an explosive Jenůfa at Royal Swedish Opera

Nina Stemme (Kostelnička), Cornelia Beskow (Jenůfa) © Markus Gårder
Janáček’s drama of infanticide is delivered at full power by Nina Stemme and Agneta Eichenholz in Annilese Miskimmon’s well-crafted production. The orchestra, however, are just too loud.
****1
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Sensitive stagecraft and directorial rage: Suor Angelica at ENO

Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (Sister Angelica) © Genevieve Girling
Miskimmon's relocation of the action to Ireland is unsparing in its evocation not of some tearjerking melodrama but of an almost documentary reportage on real events. 
*****
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Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO

Avery Amereau (Serena Joy) and Kate Lindsey (Offred) © ENO | Zoe Martin
Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel, masterfully adapted for the operatic stage, is strongly performed at ENO and rings even truer today than it did when it was written.
****1
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Korngold's extravagant opera The Dead City staged in style by ENO

William Morgan, Clare Presland, Lauren Bridle. Rhian Lois and Innocent Masuku © Helen Murray
Annilese Miskimmon directs a the first ever production by ENO of Erich Korngold's tale of bereavement, grief and the poisonous impact of lost love on an obsessive mind. 
****1
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A topical tale: Gilead returns to the Coliseum stage

 Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale comes home to English National Opera after 20 years in a powerful new production by Annilese Miskimmon.
*****
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