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Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North

SalfordDead Man Walking

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Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North

Newcastle upon TyneDead Man Walking

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Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North

NottinghamDead Man Walking

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Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North

AmsterdamPrey – Dutch National BalletWorld premiere

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Karlsson: Prey
Jessica Wright; Morgann Runacre-Temple; Dutch National Ballet; Koen Kessels; Michael Levine; Annemarie Woods; DM Wood

LondonIl trittico

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Speranza Scappucci; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Ultz; Nicky Gillibrand; DM Wood; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Venables’ 4.48 Psychosis revived by The Royal Opera

Veena Akama-Makia (Clare) and Jacquelyn Stucker (Gwen) © RBO | Marc Brenner
A strong cast led by Jacquelyn Stucker revive Philip Venables’ convincing operatic take on playwright Sarah Kane's final testament.
****1
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Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Parsifal) © The Royal Opera | Marc Brenner
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*****
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Caitlin Gotimer (Tosca) and Matteo Lippi (Cavaradossi) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Richard Hubert Smith
Ted Huffman brings some interesting ideas to his first Glyndebourne production. Excellent singing is let down by indifferent physical acting.
***11
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Simon O'Neill (Jimmy MacIntyre) © Tristram Kenton
Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.
*****
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Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

Michael Mayes (Joseph De Rocher) and Christine Rice (Sister Helen Prejean) © Manuel Harlan
Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.
*****
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Soaring orchestral themes, minimalist staging: Eugene Onegin

Liparit Avetisyan (Lensky), Avery Amereau (Olga) © Royal Ballet and Opera | Tristram Kenton
The Royal Opera's season opener is a welcome return for Tchaikovsky's opera after nine years, and a house debut for American director Ted Huffman.
***11
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