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West HorsleyIl barbiere di SivigliaNew production
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gianluca Marcianò; Bruno Ravella; Grange Park Opera; Francis O'Connor; Tim Mitchell; The Gascoigne Orchestra
High WycombeThe Importance of Being EarnestNew production
Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
Douglas Boyd; Jack Furness; Garsington Opera; Francis O'Connor; Hannah Wolfe; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rebecca Meltzer
GalwayTestamentWorld premiere
O'Regan: Testament
Elaine Kelly; Rachael Hewer; Irish National Opera; Francis O'Connor; Joan O'Clery; Kevin Treacy; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s new Barbiere is a hit
With an excellent cast and superb musicianship from the pit, Bruno Ravella's new production of Rossini's beloved comedy knocks it out of the park for Grange Park Opera.
Ukraine matters: Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa at Grange Park Opera
Why is Tchaikovsky’s very fine opera still a rarity outside Russia? David Pountney directs a new production at the Surrey festival.
Irish National Opera serves up a terrifically entertaining Faust
Jack Furness turns Faust into an Oppenheimer-type scientist in a powerful, well-sung staging in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre.
Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods
Stephen Medcalf gingers up Grange Park Opera’s staging with some deft directorial touches… even if Tosca is denied her final leap.
Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera
No hippos in tutus for The Dance of the Hours, but panto frolics abound in Stephen Madcalf's staging in the idyllic Theatre in the Woods.
A resonant Fidelio from Irish National Opera
Under director Annabelle Comyn’s modern setting, we have a moving, convincing Fidelio to resonate with our current age.