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Puccini: Tosca
Joana Carneiro; Edward Dick; Opera North; Tom Scutt; Fotini Dimou; Lee Curran; Giselle Allen
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Garry Walker; David Pountney; Opera North; Maria Bjornson; Nick Chelton; Elin Pritchard
SalfordTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Joana Carneiro; Edward Dick; Opera North; Tom Scutt; Fotini Dimou; Lee Curran; Giselle Allen
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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Fergus Sheil; Tom Creed; Irish National Opera; Katie Davenport; Sinead McKenna; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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Mixed success for Irish National Opera's Maria Stuarda
Tara Erraught stars as the eponymous heroine with Anna Devin as her nemesis Elizabeth I in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, but Tom Creed's modern update fails to convince at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
La Resurrezione brings London Handel Festival to an uplifting close
On Easter Monday, this year's London Handel Festival came to a close with Handel's youthful oratorio La Resurrezione in the suitably Baroque setting of London's St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Femi Elufowoju's contemporary take on Rigoletto for Opera North
Femi Elufowju's new staging of Verdi's classic is innovative, provocative and closely connected with the modern world.
Strong cast lifts constrained staging in Glyndebourne's Fidelio
A vast panopticon cages strong musical performances in Wake-Walker's Fidelio at Glyndebourne, with Dorothea Herbert and Adam Smith standing out vocally and emotionally as Leonore and Florestan.
Koležnik's casino Falstaff redeemed by a powerful ending in Munich
The Bayerische Staatsoper's new production of Falstaff makes the mistake of turning a comedy into a slapstick, but the fine ensemble have the last say as they stand in silence and defiance to face the empty auditorium.
The Dutch premiere of A Village Romeo and Juliet
Gorgeous playing under Sir Mark Elder wasn’t enough to mask the lack of theatrical drive in the scrupulously cast Dutch premiere of Delius’ most successful opera.