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Première of Michel van der Aa's Sunken Garden at the Barbican

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Reviewed at Barbican Theatre, London on 12 April 2013
van der Aa, Sunken Garden
André de Ridder, Conductor
Michel van der Aa, Director
English National Opera Orchestra
Roderick Williams, Toby Kramer
Katherine Manley, Soprano
Claron McFadden, Soprano
Jonathan McGovern, Baritone
Kate Miller-Heidke, Soprano
ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire
*****
Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO
****1
Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO
****1
Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
*****
Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella
**111
ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance
****1
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