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The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time
Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.
Scottish Ballet's A Streetcar Named Desire: sensual but tragic
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's A Streetcar Named Desire for Scottish Ballet fires on all cylinders. Compelling drama and outstanding dancing make this a must-see.
WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph
Olivia Fuchs solves the problems of Britten's thorny opera in a brilliant new production that hits the heights, featuring Mark Le Brocq as earthbound scholar, Gustav von Aschenbach.
A Streetcar Named Desire: sheer dynamite and startlingly erotic
It’s back with the same team, slightly tweaked here and there and with a new generation of dancers taking on those iconic roles. What took them so long?
Beware of what you wish for: The Makropulos Affair at WNO
Olivia Fuchs gives a powerful staging of Janáček's morality tale of the perils of eternal youth, with an excellent cast, but there are reservations about the title role.
Zerstobene Träume vom Liebesglück: Eugen Onegin in Karlsruhe
Die Inszenierung überzeugt in einer Kombination von klassischer Ausstattung und moderner Focussierung auf die Psychologie der Figuren. Die musikalische Umsetzung ist exzellent. Tschaikowskis Oper wird zu einem packenden Seelendrama von Figuren, die in überkommenen Mustern verstrickt sind.