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LondonTao of Glass

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Glass: Tao of Glass
Chris Vatalaro; Phelim McDermott; Kirsty Housley; Fly Davis; Colin Grenfell

New York CityCosì fan tutte

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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Nimrod David Pfeffer; Phelim McDermott; Metropolitan Opera; Tom Pye; Laura Hopkins; Paule Constable; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO

Lucy Crowe (Fiordiligi) and Joshua Blue (Ferrando) © James Glossop
English National Opera's revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular production is a blend of spectacle with some first-class singing, with Lucy Crowe emphasising her Mozartian credentials. 
****1
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The Tao of listening to – and with – Philip Glass

The Tao of Glass © Ian Douglas

An engaging and inventive piece of theatre (sometimes tiringly so) that is, at least half the time anyway, about its titular subject. 

***11
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English National Opera revives Akhnaten to spectacular effect

Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten) © Belinda Jiao
Philip Glass' operatic take on Ancient Egyptian history returns to the Coliseum in Phelim McDermott's hypnotic production, complete with jugglers...
*****
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Star-studded gloom in Kevin Puts' The Hours at the Met

Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Is it possible to have a minor success on every level? Kevin Puts' The Hours underwhelms in its world premiere production at the Metropolitan Opera. 
***11
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New-minted rather than dusted down: ENO opens season with Satyagraha

Phelim McDermott's popular staging of Satyagraha, which verges on the lush and the voluptuous, is revived to open English National Opera's season.
****1
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A musically ideal Così in The Met's revival

Phelim McDermott’s Coney Island Così fan tutte returns to The Met, in sparkling vocal performances. 
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Phelim McDermott on Flotation tanks and absent kettles

Tao of Glass at Manchester International Festival, 2019 © Tristram Kenton
The English actor and stage director talks Taoism, Manchester’s Royal Exchange and his latest collaboration with Philip Glass.