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A labour of love and determination: L’Enfant et les sortilèges
Virtual Opera made real as Ravel's miniature masterpiece is recorded remotely around the world and melded with Leanne Vandenbussche’s picture-book drawings and the London Philharmonic Orchestra's soundtrack to create magic.
Britten's recurring Dream at the Royal College of Music
Timothy Edlin was a superb ass, first among six equals, in Liam Steel's production.
Woodland Tales: Vixen at the RCM
The Royal College of Music's first opera of the season, The Cunning Little Vixen has some excellent singing and first-class playing from the student orchestra.
Poulenc and Chabrier get an eccentric outing
Stephen Unwin's straight direction and some talented young singers from the Royal Academy of Music Opera school made these two works a real treat.
Eccentric circles: a youthful take from BYO
British Youth Opera revives a forgotten operatic entertainment from the 1960s with flair and professionalism.
A visually stunning Madama Butterfly from New Zealand Opera
Sometimes in a performance there is a moment when everything just comes together; when every element on stage is operating at such a high level that the performance transcends these elements and causes one to become so immersed in the proceedings that you forget you’re at a performance at all.
