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High WycombeIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patriaNew production
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Country), SV 325
Laurence Cummings; John Caird; Garsington Opera; Robert Jones; Paul Pyant; The English Concert
High WycombeLa traviataNew production
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Verdi: La traviata
Douglas Boyd; Louisa Muller; Garsington Opera; Tess Jackson; Christopher Oram; Marcus Doshi
LondonElektra
Strauss R.: Elektra
Semyon Bychkov; Christof Loy; The Royal Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Olaf Winter; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera
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Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.
A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House
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Sir Mark Elder celebrates 50 years at Covent Garden by returning to his first opera there in 1976 – Verdi's Rigoletto – in a revival of Oliver Mears' excellent 2021 production.
Diminishing returns in The Royal Opera’s Sicilian Vespers
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Joyce El-Khoury saves the day in The Royal Opera’s second revival of The Sicilian Vespers in Stefan Herheim’s paint-by-numbers production.
McVicar’s magic only improves with age: Scottish Opera’s La traviata
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Scottish Opera’s stylish revival is very finely sung with Hye-Youn Lee as Violetta, Ji-Min Park as Alfredo and Philip Rhodes as Germont.
A revenger’s tragedy: La forza del destino returns to London
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Christof Loy's 2019 production proves even more compelling second time round, with excellent acting and a properly heroic tenor performance from Brian Jagde.
Fulljames' police thriller Carmen closes Scottish Opera season
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Fine singing from Justina Gringytė, Alok Kumar and Hye-Youn Lee lead a strong supporting cast, with Dane Lam conducting the Scottish Opera Orchestra and Chorus on top form.