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Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella

Deepa Johnny (Cinderella) and Charles Rice (Dandini) © Mark Douet
Julia Burbach and her designer, Herbert Murauer, are defeated by the wide canyons of the Coliseum stage in their modern-dress Cinderella
**111
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Undernourished: ENO’s Bohème revival lacks red meat

Nadine Benjamin (Mimì) and Joshua Blue (Rodolfo) © Lloyd Winters
Sir Jonathan Miller’s production of Puccini’s classic remains powerful, but ENO’s latest revival underwhelms at the Coliseum. 
***11
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Time for a cut? Jonathan Miller's Barber of Seville returns to ENO

Charles Rice (Figaro) and Simon Bailey (Bartolo) © Clive Barda
Miller's production, running since 1987, is starting to show its ago, but an excellent performance from Anna Devin keeps English National Opera's latest revival moving.
***11
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Second Elizabethan age receives a noble tribute in ENO's Gloriana

Paula Murrihy (Frances) and Christine Rice (Elizabeth I) © Nirah Sanghani
When done as well as this, a "concert staging" is not oxymoronic, but a precise term for a valuable mode of presentation.
****1
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Chilly revival of Jonathan Miller's Bohème at ENO

A well-sung revival of Jonathan Miller's Bohème at the coliseum fails to catch fire.
***11
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Ludicrous, but brilliant: Barber of Seville at The Grange Festival

From the stately front of The Grange, an impressive moustache looms large, welcoming the audience to a production of Rossini's masterpiece that baffles, confuses and delights the audience.
****1
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