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Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle opens with an excellent Rheingold
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.
Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park’s Don Carlo revival
Jo Davies’ 2016 staging is revived at the Theatre in the Woods, given a bold execution, led by a regal Elisabetta.
Regents Opera’s Salome lands a knockout punch at York Hall
Mark Ravenhill directs a brutal, bloody Salome at the spiritual home of British boxing, York Hall.
Less is more in Regents Opera’s thoroughly engaging Rheingold
Excellent vocal acting and total commitment to the text make for a riveting piece of operatic storytelling, driven by James Schouten's powerful Loge.
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.
The curate's night out: the Tête-à-Tête Clubnight
Tête-à-Tête's installation of four works is something of a curate's egg, but worth it for James Schouten's exhilarating Rock Tosca and Workshopera's visionary Boys of Paradise.