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Performer: Samantha Hay

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A fetching, inventive Magic Flute – with a dark side

Sinister aspects are stressed in Mozart's The Magic Flute at Leeds Grand Theatre directed by James Brining and conducted by Robert Howarth.
****1
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Kill or be killed: Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride

English Touring Opera gives Gluck's reformist masterpiece a suitably blood-spattered outing in a production which keeps the opera in touch with its classical roots. 
***11
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The Magic Flute given Magritte makeover by WNO

Lothar Koenigs conducts a stylish, colourful Magic Flute inspired by Magritte. 
****1
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WNO's Chorus leads Carmen at the Bristol Hippodrome

The Welsh National Opera took to the Hippodrome stage for the Bristol leg of their UK tour ofCarmen. This was a revival of Welsh National Opera’s production in the late 1990s, co-produced with Scottish Opera.
***11
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Fun-filled Magic Flute from ETO in Hackney

English Touring Opera's production of Mozart's The Magic Flute launches in Hackney, balanced more towards fun than profundity, with some stunning coups de théâtre.
****1
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