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Peter Grimes drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Allan Clayton (Peter Grimes) © RBO | Tristram Kenton
Allan Clayton and Sir Bryn Terfel lead a strong cast in a revival of Deborah Warner's dark staging of Britten's signature work at Covent Garden. 
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Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Asmik Grigorian (Tatyana) and Iurii Samoilov (Onegin) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

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Deborah Warner attains her theatrical dream at the Teatro Real

Iestyn Davies (Oberon) y  Liv Redpath (Tytania) © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
Warner once again displays her unquestionable talent onstage and her affinity with Benjamin Britten, although, on this occasion, the musical aspect are not equally satisfactory.
***11
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Enescu Festival immersion: Bach on the street, Klimt in the forest

Breaking Bach © Andrei Gîndac
At the George Enescu International Festival, a pair of new shows crossing genres and reinventing the classics, with mostly enlightening results.
****1
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Brandstrup Breaking Bach with the OAE at EIF

Breaking Bach © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Kim Brandstrup choreographs Bach favourites based on hip hop and street dance. Lie back on the bean bags at Usher Hall and enjoy...
****1
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Phaedra + Minotaur at the Linbury: truly arresting performances

Christine Rice (Phaedra) and Jonathan Goddard (Minotaur) in Deborah Warner's Phaedra © Tristram Kenton
Two individual works worth seeking out with outstanding performances in each.
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Rhythmical kinship: Kim Brandstrup on Breaking Bach

Breaking Bach at Edinburgh International Festival © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Choreographer Kim Brandstrup talks about his remarkable collaboration with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and a group of professional hip-hop dancers and students from Camden’s Acland Burghley School.