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High WycombeLa traviataNew production

Madison Leonard (Violetta) and Oleksiy Palchykov (Alfredo) © Clive Barda
Verdi: La traviata
Douglas Boyd; Louisa Muller; Garsington Opera; Tess Jackson; Christopher Oram; Marcus Doshi
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Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box

Madison Leonard (Violetta) and Oleksiy Palchykov (Alfredo) © Clive Barda
Music Director Douglas Boyd conducts a performance of exceptional musical quality, and Louisa Muller's uncontroversial but passionate direction makes this Traviata one for the ages.
*****
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Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival

Mario Chang (Rodolfo) and Hye-Youn Lee (Mimì) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Hye-Youn Lee and Mario Chang head a strong cast in Barbe and Doucet’s revival of La bohème, which marks the retirement of veteran lighting designer, Guy Simard.

****1
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The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time

Orla Boylan (Emilia Marty) © Mihaela Bodlovic
Orla Boylan’s creation oozes charisma and reeks of entitlement, driven to emotional cruelty by the lassitude of a life too-long lived.
****1
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Fine music-making redeems dull production in COC’s Nabucco

Mary Elizabeth Williams (Abigaille) and Rihan Chaieb (Fenena) © Michael Cooper
The Canadian Opera Company’s season opening production is musically excellent, but the dated, dull production adds little. 
***11
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Oedipus Rex: an immersive night at the museum in Edinburgh

Roland Wood (Creon) and Kitty Whately (Jocasta) © Jess Shurte

Scottish Opera brings an immersive community production to the Edinburgh Festival directed by Roxana Haines, performed in the National Museum of Scotland.

****1
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Marx in London! Dove’s comedy impresses at Scottish Opera

Alasdair Elliott (Friedrich Engels) and Roland Wood (Karl Marx) © James Glossop

Marx in London! receives its UK premiere in Glasgow, with David Parry conducting the colourful score, and Stephen Barlow directing. 

****1
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