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LeedsDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

SalfordDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

Newcastle upon TyneDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

NottinghamDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

HullDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North

High WycombeIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patriaNew production

Ed Lyon (Ulisse) © Julian Guidera
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Country), SV 325
Laurence Cummings; John Caird; Garsington Opera; Robert Jones; Paul Pyant; The English Concert
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Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera

Ed Lyon (Ulisse) © Julian Guidera
Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.
****1
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Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Anna Dennis (Susanna), Tony Polo and Aaron Chaplin from Phoenix Dance Theatre © Tristram Kenton
Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre. 
****1
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Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

Emyr Wyn Jones (Papageno) © Tristram Kenton
Conducted by Christoph Konz and directed by James Brining, Opera North’s revival of The Magic Flute remains an inventive reinterpretation of Mozart’s classic opera. 
****1
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La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality

Galina Averina (Magda) and Claire Lees (Lisette) © Tristram Kenton
James Hurley directs a new production of Puccini's neglected opera to close Opera North's Green Season. 
****1
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Radiant, comic, magical: Ariadne auf Naxos at Garsington Opera

Richard Pinkstone, Marcus Farnsworth, Innocent Masuku and Ossian Huskinson (Zerbinetta's troupe) © Craig Fuller
An excellent singing cast combine with Bruno Ravella's sensitive direction and brilliant orchestral playing to bring to life Strauss' heady mix of farce and high art.
*****
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Magical Monteverdi: Garsington opens with a new Orfeo

Laurence Cummings and The English Concert deliver musical excellence in a wonderfully designed and choreographed production.
*****
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