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High WycombeThe Importance of Being EarnestNew production

Henry Waddington (Lady Bracknell) © Richard Hubert Smith
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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The Importance of Being Earnest is a smash hit for Garsington

Henry Waddington (Lady Bracknell) © Richard Hubert Smith
A handbag? Jack Furness’ uproarious new production of Gerald Barry’s irreverent take Oscar Wilde bares some very sharp teeth. 
*****
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Welsh National Opera’s Dutchman docks in Birmingham

Simon Bailey (Dutchman) and Rachel Nicholls (Senta) © Craig Fuller
This bracing performance of The Flying Dutchman is a powerful reminder of the extraordinary musical standards which are at risk in the face of WNO’s subsidy cuts. 
****1
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To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton Festival

Yewon Han (Ophélie) and Gregory Feldmann (Hamlet) © Genevieve Girling
After 45 years, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet returns to Buxton in a gripping, psychological staging by Jack Furness. 
****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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A dystopian Hansel und Gretel at the RAM

Anna-Helena Maclachlan (Hansel) and Binny Supin Yang (Gretel) © Craig Fuller
Jack Furness serves up an unappetising mess of Humperdinck's delicious masterpiece for Royal Academy Opera. 
***11
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Irish National Opera serves up a terrifically entertaining Faust

Nicholas Brownlee (Méphistophélès) and Duke Kim (Faust) © Pat Redmond
Jack Furness turns Faust into an Oppenheimer-type scientist in a powerful, well-sung staging in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. 
****1
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