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A delightful wildlife soirée at the Edinburgh Fringe
Mezzo Joan Busby, bass Brian Bannatyne-Scott with pianist Walter Blair and reader Joshua Manning in a delightful wildlife soirée at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Clown court: Offenbach's Fantasio at Garsington
The UK stage debut of Offenbach’s neglected Fantasio reveals a musical sizzler, but directorially it needs a more sympathetic touch than Garsington musters.
An immaculately executed Bartered Bride at Garsington
Natalya Romaniw is a natural as our maligned heroine: Paul Curran creates staging of bewildering comic complexity and pulls it off with panache.
“Or not to be”: Hamlet revived for Glyndebourne’s tour
A restless score, a stylish modern setting and gripping central performances from David Butt Philip (trading Laertes at the festival for the title role here) and Jennifer France (Ophelia) do much to commend this new work
Light and shade: Pelléas et Mélisande at Wormsley
Debussy’s opera of half-lights succeeds in taming the glare of the midsummer sun in Garsington’s new staging.
Excellent in parts: Meistersinger at Covent Garden
Holten's masonic lodge setting of Meistersinger gets a lot right but is occasionally uneven; Terfel and Hughes Jones are constantly good to listen to.