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Performer: Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts

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Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

Sir Bryn Terfel (Gianni Schicchi) © Marc Brenner

An unlikely pairing opens Grange Park Opera's season, the two works united by the dominant central character of each opera – Sir Bryn Terfel.

****1
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Send in the Clowns: Garsington's Bartered Bride returns

The Bartered Bride © Alice Pennefather
Paul Curran’s 2019 production is revived with some flair by Rosie Purdie, with a fine cast led by Pumeza Matshikiza.
****1
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Rare and intense drama: Smyth's The Wreckers at Glyndebourne

Smyth's rarely performed tale of evil deeds on the Cornish coast provides searing drama marred by poor intelligibility and an overpowering orchestra.
***11
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A “Spanish hour” in Kensington with Ravel and Grange Park Opera

Editor Ben Willis almost convinced me that two grown men could fit inside grandfather clocks
****1
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Operetta is back at Glyndebourne: Offenbach's Mesdames de la Halle

Glyndebourne welcome audiences back into the house with a one hour Offenbach operetta whose comedy and plot lines are thin but which still delights.
***11
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Martinů's The Greek Passion: an opera for our times

At a time when the “relevance” is bandied around all too frequently in relation to opera, Martinů's really does deserve that tag. 
****1
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West HorsleyFalstaff

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Verdi: Falstaff
Gianluca Marcianò; Stephen Medcalf; Grange Park Opera; Jamie Vartan; BBC Concert Orchestra; Grange Park Opera Chorus