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High WycombeIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patriaNew production

Ed Lyon (Ulisse) © Julian Guidera
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Country), SV 325
Laurence Cummings; John Caird; Garsington Opera; Robert Jones; Paul Pyant; The English Concert

High WycombeLa traviataNew production

Madison Leonard (Violetta) and Oleksiy Palchykov (Alfredo) © Clive Barda
Verdi: La traviata
Douglas Boyd; Louisa Muller; Garsington Opera; Tess Jackson; Christopher Oram; Marcus Doshi

High WycombeThe Importance of Being EarnestNew production

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Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
Douglas Boyd; Jack Furness; Garsington Opera; Francis O'Connor; Hannah Wolfe; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rebecca Meltzer
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Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera

Ed Lyon (Ulisse) © Julian Guidera
Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.
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Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Niamh O'Sullivan (Octavian), Matilda Sterby (the Marschallin) and Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Baron Ochs) © Julian Guidera
Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast. 
****1
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Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box

Madison Leonard (Violetta) and Oleksiy Palchykov (Alfredo) © Clive Barda
Music Director Douglas Boyd conducts a performance of exceptional musical quality, and Louisa Muller's uncontroversial but passionate direction makes this Traviata one for the ages.
*****
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A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington

Robert Murray (Florestan) © Julian Guidera
Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.
****1
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Ravishing Rodelinda: Handel al fresco at Garsington Opera

Lucy Crowe (Rodelinda) © Craig Fuller
Ruth Knight untangles Handel's Rodelinda, directing a new staging at Garsington which features a feast of fine singing. 
****1
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Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

Aaron Cawley (Herman) © Clive Barda
Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing. 
****1
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High WycombeRodelindaNew production

Lucy Crowe (Rodelinda) © Craig Fuller
Handel: Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi
Peter Whelan; Ruth Knight; Garsington Opera; Leslie Travers; Ben Pickersgill; The English Concert
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State of the (operatic) union: notes from Opera Europa

Royal Danish Opera House, Copenhagen © David Karlin
Audiences, energy prices, politics, sustainability... With nearly 400 opera executives assembled in Copenhagen, the Opera Europa autumn conference was the ideal venue to take the temperature of the opera industry.