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The HaguePhilip Glass - Waiting for the Barbarians

© Stewart Cohen
Glass: Waiting for the Barbarians
Alice Farnham; Guy Weizman; De Nederlandse Reisopera; Ascon de Nijs; Elke von Sivers; Maarten van Rossem; Noord Nederlands Orkest
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Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

The Passenger © Dutch National Opera | Monika Rittershaus

Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix. 

****1
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Sacred and profane in Guildhall School's Respighi double bill

Yolisa Ngwexana (The Blue Fairy) © David Monteith-Hodge | Photographise
From the spiritual conversion of a Medieval sex-worker, to the Sleeping Beauty tale reimagined, Guildhall stages a Respighi double-bill.
***11
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Holst and Weir operas from the Guildhall School of Music

Lorna Maclean (Sāvitri) and Steven van der Linden (Satyavān) © Guildhall School | David Monteith-Hodge

Two accomplished performances bring emotional depth only intermittently, but show ample security of singing and playing. 

***11
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Picture perfect: a fine triple bill from the Guildhall School

Mark Bautista (Raimondo) and Faryl Smith (Mariuccia) in I due timidi © David Monteith-Hodge
Massenet, Smyth and Rota are unlikely bedfellows, but in the Guildhall School's Autumn production, a one-act opera by each contributed to a most convincing triple bill, all set around the La Scala Picturehouse in the 1920s.
****1
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Überragende Frau ohne Schatten in Amsterdam

Aušrinė Stundytė (Die Färberin) © Dutch National Opera | Ruth Walz

Marc Albrechts und Katie Mitchell machen Richard Strauss‘ Märchenoper zum rasant-schockenden Sci-Fi-Thriller.

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