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LondonThe Handmaid's TaleNew production
Ruders: The Handmaid's Tale
Joana Carneiro; Annilese Miskimmon; English National Opera; Annemarie Woods; Paule Constable; Akhila Krishnan
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Baroque modernity: Jan Lauwers’ Poppea at the Wiener Staatsoper
Kate Lindsey’s voice is luminous, effortlessly regulated in every register, and intertwined magically with the gleaming soprano of Slávka Zámečníková, a very special new jewel in the Staatsoper ensemble who is every inch a star.
Gounod in the Time of Corona: Frank Castorf's many-layered Faust
Faust and Méphistophélès pal around like buddies in Castorf's multi-media staging, the devil here less diabolical and more anarchistic party-boy.
Kate Lindsey riveting in Seven Deadly Sins at La Scala
Weill and Brecht's excoriating satire is brilliantly executed; after such an intense opener, Mahagonny-Songspiel is less convincing.
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.
Sweet sorrow: an excellent Roméo et Juliette at the Philharmonie
Daniel Harding conducts a handsome, moving account of Berlioz' Symphonie dramatique with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Cinders on the couch: Freudian Cendrillon at Glyndebourne
Cinderella undergoes psychoanalysis on the Sussex Downs as Fiona Shaw's production is revived for the Glyndebourne Festival.