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The Grange Festival's Falstaff hits all the right notes

Comic opera can fall flat, but if The Grange Festival's new production of Verdi's final masterpiece is a total delight, with a strong concept and a strong cast. This is country-house opera at its best.
Knocking it out the (Regent's) Park

It's hard to find anything not to admire in a thrillingly strong production of Britten's haunting chamber opera.
Opera North's Little Greats: jealousy, murder and childhood fantasy

Charles Edwards and Annabel Arden direct Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges in a contrasting pairing of two short operas in Opera North's 'Little Greats' season.
Royal Northern Sinfonia's Israel in Egypt

Nicholas McGegan leads Royal Northern Sinfonia and Samling soloists through a dramatic and thought-provoking performance of Handel's Israel in Egypt to offer an alternative look at the Easter message of hope.
Beethoven from Dresden in Cardiff

Michael Sanderling conducts the Dresden Philharmonic in Beethoven in Cardiff.
Snowflakes and sunflowers in Leeds
Opera North's new production of The Snow Maiden is the first professional staging in the UK for over 60 years, although the magic is intermittent