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Sun, sex and suspicious potions: L'elisir d'amore at Glyndebourne

Annabel Arden's superb production of Donizetti's classic makes a welcome return for the Glyndebourne Tour in a taut revival led by two excellent principals.
Verdi Wars: Frank Castorf’s Forza del destino at Deutsche Oper

Audience uproar brings a much needed sense of theatre to a disappointing production of Verdi’s middle-period epic.
“Let them eat cake!” A revolutionary Barbiere at DNO

Lotte de Beer’s Il barbiere di Siviglia for Dutch National Opera seems a surprisingly traditional spectacle... although it does come with a twist.
Journey to nowhere: Il viaggio a Reims at the Deutsche Oper

The Deutsche Oper's production of Rossini's sparkling occasion piece is big on gags but short on stardust.
Death in Florence: Zemlinsky and Puccini at DNO

An unlikely coupling of one-act operas by Zemlinsky and Puccini bears fruit in a staging that reveals their thematic parallels while leaving their obvious differences on show.
In Amsterdam, a Matrimonio segreto for the future
Young singers, musicians and designers in this Matrimonio segreto co-produced by the three main opera companies in the Netherlands show that, on the stage and in the pit at least, the future of opera is bright.