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Zurich Opera’s brooding Ballo in maschera comes to Edinburgh
Gianandrea Noseda conducts his Zurich Opera forces as Adele Thomas' 2024 production arrives in Edinburgh with a cast led by Stephen Costello and Elena Stikhina.
A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower
Fine performances in a punchy new production that coats this tragic opera in a large dollop of debauchery.
Joélle Harvey is outstanding in Glyndebourne's incendiary Semele
Adele Thomas makes a good case for Semele's operatic credentials in her production which makes effective nods towards Baroque opera’s devotion to spectacle.
Barton’s Azucena drags Trovatore from the flames
Adele Thomas’ Royal Opera staging channels the Marx Brothers in playing it for laughs, but the musical compensations are many under Sir Antonio Pappano.
In the Realms of Sorrow: Handel cantatas in the round
Director Adele Thomas can do no wrong, sustaining her extraordinary run of fizz with this unlikely concatenation of four Handel cantatas at Stone Nest.
Il trovatore as gothic, medieval fairy tale in Zurich
Gianandrea Noseda takes his post as general music director at the Opernhaus Zurich leading a great cast in Adele Thomas' successful new production.