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Magic from the pit in Nevill Holt’s Dream
Despite the excellent playing of the Britten Sinfonia, Anna Morrissey’s flawed production disappoints.
A darkly atmospheric Turn of the Screw from Bury Court Opera
As the Governess Alison Rose was the ideal suffering soprano, her eyes an imbroglio of psychological disturbances.
A knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival
Directing Entführung at the grand old age of 85, John Copley gives us plenty of fun in the Pasha's palace.
Gambling and Gothic: The Queen of Spades
Tchaikovsky's High Gothic opera about gambling obsessions is worth seeing for a first class staging, albeit with a mixed musical performance.
Opera North's captivating Jenůfa
Opera North's captivating production of Janáček’s Jenůfa directed by Tom Cairns at the Grand Theatre Leeds
Love reigns in Buxton's Orfeo ed Euridice, but at what cost?
An updated Orfeo and Eurydice at Buxton sees Orpheus as an ageing rocker, too distracted by adoring groupies to notice Eurydice. However, one piece of casting was an unsolvable conundrum.