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West HorsleyIl barbiere di SivigliaNew production

Nico Darmanin (Almaviva) and Simon Bailey (Doctor Bartolo) © Marc Brenner
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gianluca Marcianò; Bruno Ravella; Grange Park Opera; Francis O'Connor; Tim Mitchell; The Gascoigne Orchestra

Frankfurt am MainDas Rheingold

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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Thomas Guggeis; Vera Nemirova; Oper Frankfurt; Jens Kilian; Ingeborg Bernerth; Olaf Winter; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
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Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s new Barbiere is a hit

Nico Darmanin (Almaviva) and Simon Bailey (Doctor Bartolo) © Marc Brenner
With an excellent cast and superb musicianship from the pit, Bruno Ravella's new production of Rossini's beloved comedy knocks it out of the park for Grange Park Opera.
*****
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Welsh National Opera’s Dutchman docks in Birmingham

Simon Bailey (Dutchman) and Rachel Nicholls (Senta) © Craig Fuller
This bracing performance of The Flying Dutchman is a powerful reminder of the extraordinary musical standards which are at risk in the face of WNO’s subsidy cuts. 
****1
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John Findon triumphs in the return of Opera North’s Peter Grimes

John Findon (Peter Grimes) © James Glossop
Benjamin Britten’s dark masterpiece Peter Grimes returns triumphantly to Opera North, conducted by Gary Walker and revived by Karolina Sofulak and Tim Claydon.
*****
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Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella

Deepa Johnny (Cinderella) and Charles Rice (Dandini) © Mark Douet
Julia Burbach and her designer, Herbert Murauer, are defeated by the wide canyons of the Coliseum stage in their modern-dress Cinderella
**111
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Time for a cut? Jonathan Miller's Barber of Seville returns to ENO

Charles Rice (Figaro) and Simon Bailey (Bartolo) © Clive Barda
Miller's production, running since 1987, is starting to show its ago, but an excellent performance from Anna Devin keeps English National Opera's latest revival moving.
***11
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Peter Grimes a raging, powerful, defiant start to the new ENO season

Gwyn Hughes Jones (Peter Grimes) © Tom Bowles
English National Opera opens its new season with a revival of David Alden's masterly production. 
****1
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