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HelsinkiThe Handmaid's TaleNew production
Ruders: The Handmaid's Tale
Karen Kamensek; John Fulljames; Finnish National Opera; Chloe Lamford; Christina Cunningham; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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Innocence: Saariaho’s final opera receives New York premiere
At the Metropolitan Opera, Innocence proves a gripping and perhaps divisive piece which feels real because it is a reflection of our reality, with no realistic hope of finding peace.
The Royal Ballet in Perspectives: a diverse and challenging triple
The Royal Ballet presents a triple bill of diverse works including one world premiere and one UK premiere. As per usual, the supreme roster of dancers tackles each with aplomb.
San Francisco Opera's The Handmaid's Tale offers hope
John Fulljames directs a new production of Poul Ruders' uncompromising operatic take on Margaret Atwood’s celebrated novel.
Urgent and intense: Innocence opens at the Royal Opera House
Kaija Saariaho's opera – staged by Simon Stone and the hit of the 2021 Aix-en-Provence Festival – makes its UK debut.
Semyon Bychkov leads a musically superior Rusalka at Covent Garden
Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami give Rusalka an ecological reading, but it's the musical side of things that really takes flight in The Royal Opera's new production.
272 years on, Handel's Theodora comes home to Covent Garden
Superb singing from Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Józef Orliński lights up a curate's egg staging from Katie Mitchell.