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Crowning glory: DNO's Donizetti Tudor trilogy concludes
Angela Brower steals the crown in the final instalment of Jetske Mijnssen’s Donizetti trilogy with a voice of apparently limitless emotional range.
Dove and Middleton's Odyssey wins hearts in Bristol
The refurbished Beacon stages a world premiere of a large choral work which imbues complete empathy for one migrant and his story.
WNO’s abstract Magic Flute proves more contemporary than cohesive
WNO delivers a well-performed production of Mozart’s Magic Flute with some fresh ideas, but other which dilute it.
Richard Jones’ tacky Samson et Dalila fails to bring down the house
Inspiration eludes the director as a new staging of Saint-Säens’ biblical epic falls flat but for some excellent musical performances led by outstanding mezzo Elīna Garanča.
272 years on, Handel's Theodora comes home to Covent Garden
Superb singing from Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Józef Orliński lights up a curate's egg staging from Katie Mitchell.
Excellent cast crowns The Royal Opera's Ariodante in concert
It’s the title character who gets the best tunes in Ariodante and Irish mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy ate them up.