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Simon Boccanegra at English National Opera

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 8 June 2011
Verdi, Simon Boccanegra
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director
Bruno Caproni, Simon Boccanegra
Rena Harms, Amelia Grimaldi
Brindley Sherratt, Jacopo Fiesco
Peter Auty, Gabriele Adorno
Roland Wood, Paolo Albiani
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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