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ManchesterOffenbach's BarkoufConcert performance

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Offenbach: Barkouf ou un chien au pouvoir
Paul Daniel; Opera Rara; The Hallé; English National Opera Chorus; Yann Beuron; Anne-Catherine Gillet

LondonLa traviata

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Verdi: La traviata
Kevin John Edusei; Peter Konwitschny; English National Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Joachim Klein; English National Opera Orchestra; English National Opera Chorus

LondonOpera Rara: Il campo de’ Crociati

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Mercadante: Il campo de’ Crociati
Carlo Rizzi; Opera Rara; London Philharmonic Orchestra; English National Opera Chorus; Giorgi Manoshvili; Rosa Feola
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ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

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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Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO

Lucy Crowe (Fiordiligi) and Joshua Blue (Ferrando) © James Glossop
English National Opera's revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular production is a blend of spectacle with some first-class singing, with Lucy Crowe emphasising her Mozartian credentials. 
****1
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Hugh Cutting (Arsace) and Nardus Williams (Partenope) © Lloyd Winters
Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits. 
****1
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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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Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella

Deepa Johnny (Cinderella) and Charles Rice (Dandini) © Mark Douet
Julia Burbach and her designer, Herbert Murauer, are defeated by the wide canyons of the Coliseum stage in their modern-dress Cinderella
**111
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ENO, BBC join forces in stunning Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Amanda Majeski (Katerina Izmailova) © Andy Paradise
David Pountney's vernacular translation and Ruth Knight's vivid staging lent a thrilling immediacy to Shostakovich's chilling opera.
*****
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