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Performer: Iestyn Morris

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Britten in the Rain: a Dream that charms in parts but lacks cohesion

Iestyn Morris (Oberon) © Frances Marshall
Rain cannot wash away the charm of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lismore Castle, a visually clever, if uneven, outdoor staging with moments of real enchantment.
***11
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High-flying Peter Pan at WNO

Richard Ayres's Peter Pan, in a new WNO production, leaves J.M. Barrie's story dangling. 
**111
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Forget the frogs – polar bears make the best princes!

Anna Pool's gorgeous retelling of a traditional Norwegian folk tale makes for an original, witty, charming opera... with a singing polar bear who will surely steal your heart.
****1
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Ulysses is back. And he's mean, armed and dangerous.

ENO's latest première matches a young theatre director with a reputation for cutting-edge drama to one of the earliest operas in the repertoire, in the less-than-conventionally-operatic surroundings of London's Young Vic. It's an improbable combination, and I wasn't at all sure what to expect.
***11
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Die Rückkehr des Odysseus wird in Nürnberg zum Fall für die Götter

Wolfgang Katschner am Pult sowie die Regisseurin Mariame Clément prägen die beeindruckende Neuinszenierung von Monteverdis Die Heimkehr des Odysseus.
*****
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