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Performer: Gabrielle Dalton

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Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Sir Simon Rattle; Sir David McVicar; Staatsoper Berlin; Vicki Mortimer; Gabrielle Dalton; Paule Constable; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle opens with an excellent Rheingold

David Stout (Alberich), James Rutherford (Wotan) and Mark Le Brocq (Loge) © Marc Brenner
Launching that most ambitious of endeavours, a Ring cycle, Grange Park Opera’s production of Das Rheingold proves a real achievement, led by the superb Alberich of David Stout.
****1
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Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park’s Don Carlo revival

Elin Pritchard (Elisabetta) © Marc Brenner
Jo Davies’ 2016 staging is revived at the Theatre in the Woods, given a bold execution, led by a regal Elisabetta. 
****1
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Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.

*****
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An impressive, minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera

Thomas Atkins (Boris) and Natalya Romaniw (Kátya) © Marc Brenner
A memorable performance, with Stephen Barlow conducting Janáček’s remarkable score with vividness and clarity, while David Alden's staging is a masterpiece of "less is more". 
****1
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Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko

Robert Hayward (Aleko) © Tristram Kenton
Opera North's revives its Cavalleria rusticana production by Karolina Sofulak, pairing it this time with Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko
****1
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La rondine: a feast of lyricism and nostalgic sentimentality

Galina Averina (Magda) and Claire Lees (Lisette) © Tristram Kenton
James Hurley directs a new production of Puccini's neglected opera to close Opera North's Green Season. 
****1
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