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LondonBach: St Matthew Passion

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
St Marylebone Festival Baroque Orchestra; Bertie Baigent; Choir of St Marylebone Parish Church; Trinity Boys Choir; Hilary Cronin; Timothy Morgan
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Dorman’s Wahnfried receives its UK premiere at Longborough

Mark Le Brocq (Houston Chamberlain), Alexandra Lowe (Isolde Wagner), Andrew Watts (Siegfried Wagner) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Longborough Festival Opera, built on Wagnerian foundations, stages the UK premiere of Avner Dorman’s ambitious cautionary tale about the Wagner clan and establishing the composer’s legacy. 
***11
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ETO's The Snowmaiden melts the heart and gladdens the ears

Ffion Edwards (Snow Maiden) © Richard Hubert Smith
Olivia Fuchs' production of Rimsky-Korsakov's charming fable for ETO begins its tour in Hackney and is worth travelling to see. Catch this thoughtful production in a town near you.
****1
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English Touring Opera put Rossini's Cenerentola in a museum

Cinderella © Richard Hubert Smith

Rossini's take on the Cinderella story is bright, buoyant, witty, well sung, if ending on a sour directorial note.

***11
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Never judge an album by its cover: Last Days premieres at the ROH

Agathe Rousselle (Blake) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell
Oliver Leith's opera is inspired by the death of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain and it turns out to be a mesmerising, fulfilling creation.
****1
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Alexander Litvinenko: a thrilling – if imperfect – world premiere

Ivor Bolton and Kit Hesketh-Harvey deliver a brilliant political thriller and anti-Putin polemic – at least for its first half.
****1
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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. 
***11
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