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Verdi: La traviata
Adrian Kelly; James Hurley; Buxton Festival Opera; Elliott Squire; Zahra Mansouri; Ben Pickersgill; Buxton International Festival Orchestra

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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Adrian Kelly; Corina Wuersch; Buxton Festival Opera; Buxton International Festival Orchestra; Buxton Festival Chorus; Xavier Mas; Indyana Schneider
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Dinis Sousa and the OAE present Elgar on period instruments

Dinis Sousa conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Zen Grisdale
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Dinis Sousa bravely venture into Elgar at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with mixed success.
***11
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L’incoronazione di Poppea vividly brought to life at the Grange

Kitty Whately (Poppea) and Sam Furness (Nerone) © Craig Fuller
Terrific music making with a light directorial touch brings mixed results to Monteverdi's 1643 masterpiece. 
***11
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Don't look back: Longborough's new L'Orfeo

Aoife Miskelly (Eurydice) and Peter Gijsbertsen (Orfeo) © Matthew Williams-Ellis
Olivia Fuchs directs Monteverdi's early opera in a sparse staging with a consistently fine cast. 
***11
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Time on her side: fairytale meets feminism in Tom Coult’s Violet

Anna Dennis (Violet) © Marc Brenner
A top notch ensemble brings Coult’s first opera luminously to life at the Buxton International Festival, finding renewed relevance in the post-pandemic era.
****1
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Longborough's new Vixen a cunning, charming success

Janáček's woodland fairy tale proved a superb ensemble choice for the festival's Emerging Artists program.
****1
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By Jove! A terrific Semele at the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy Opera maintains its usual high standards in a production of Handel’s operatic oratorio, a showcase for the singers of the future.
****1
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