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Giulio Cesare in Londra with the marvellous EOC
Anna Devin's Cleopatra moved with complete conviction for scheming minx to mature woman in love.
To sing or not to sing: Hamlet in Adelaide
Brett Dean's Hamlet is an extremely powerful theatrical experience, excelling in all aspects of production, singing and musical values, but is it an opera?
“Or not to be”: Hamlet revived for Glyndebourne’s tour
A restless score, a stylish modern setting and gripping central performances from David Butt Philip (trading Laertes at the festival for the title role here) and Jennifer France (Ophelia) do much to commend this new work
Games of Thrones: Handel's Tamerlano
Handel's psychotic Tartar leader and bedhopping nobles are well served in an excellent collaboration between the Buxton Festival and the English Concert with some outstanding singing from Marie Lys and Owen Willetts.
Love comes from fate premières after 300 years
Amor vien dal destino, by the celebrated multi-talented Italian Agostino Steffani, receives its first staging in 300 years in Berlin's Schiller Theater under the direction of René Jacobs.
Handel's Elpidia unearthed by Opera Settecento
A pasticcio not seen since 1725, Elpidia contains some excellent music... even if it isn't by Handel!