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LeedsRigoletto

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Verdi: Rigoletto
Patrick Lange; Femi Elufowoju Jr; Opera North; Rae Smith; Howard Hudson; Orchestra of Opera North

Newcastle upon TyneRigoletto

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Verdi: Rigoletto
Patrick Lange; Femi Elufowoju Jr; Opera North; Rae Smith; Howard Hudson; Orchestra of Opera North

SalfordRigoletto

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Verdi: Rigoletto
Patrick Lange; Femi Elufowoju Jr; Opera North; Rae Smith; Howard Hudson; Orchestra of Opera North

NottinghamRigoletto

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Verdi: Rigoletto
Patrick Lange; Femi Elufowoju Jr; Opera North; Rae Smith; Howard Hudson; Orchestra of Opera North

Boulogne-BillancourtSt Matthew Passion

Insula Orchestra / Accentus
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
James Gilchrist; Yannick Debus; Robin Johannsen; Sophie Harmsen

GlyndebourneL’OrfeoNew production

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Jonathan Cohen; William Kentridge; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Sabine Theunissen; Greta Goiris; Urs Schönebaum; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

Krystian Adam (Orfeo) and ensemble © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio, 
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Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival

Mario Chang (Rodolfo) and Hye-Youn Lee (Mimì) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Hye-Youn Lee and Mario Chang head a strong cast in Barbe and Doucet’s revival of La bohème, which marks the retirement of veteran lighting designer, Guy Simard.

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All the world’s a jest: Falstaff returns to Glyndebourne

Renato Girolami (Falstaff) and Valentina Pernozzoli (Mistress Quickly) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Photo: Bill Knight
Richard Jones' 2009 production returns to Glyndebourne after a long absence, but the 1940s comedy scrubs up fresh. 
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Oedipus Rex: an immersive night at the museum in Edinburgh

Roland Wood (Creon) and Kitty Whately (Jocasta) © Jess Shurte

Scottish Opera brings an immersive community production to the Edinburgh Festival directed by Roxana Haines, performed in the National Museum of Scotland.

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Strong cast brings fizz to Glyndebourne's Zauberflöte revival

Rodion Pogossov (Papageno) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Bill Knight
A visually delightful revival of Barbe & Doucet's action-packed Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne, with strong vocal performances throughout. 
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A feast of Purcell in Sir David Pountney’s Masque of Might

Members of the Opera North Chorus © James Glossop
Sir David Pountney directs a satirical take on dictatorship and the climate crisis inventively set to the music of Purcell. 
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