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Venue: Royal Academy of Music, London

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AddressMarylebone Road
London
NW1 5HT
United Kingdom
ContainsRoyal Academy of Music Museum: Piano Gallery
Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Concert Room
David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Duke's Hall
Henry Wood Room
Recital Room
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre
Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Google maps51° 31' 23.475" N 0° 9' 6.426" W
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The Royal Academy's Carmen has too many what-if moments

Fionn Ó hAlmhain (Zuniga) and Zixin Tang (Carmen) © Craig Fuller
Presenting a work like Carmen is a punchy move by a conservatoire. The Royal Academy of Music's production has conceptual weaknesses, but features some good singing. 
***11
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McNicol Ballet Collective: five years, celebrated in style

Laura Flugel and Hamish Longley in Andrew McNicol's Bates Beats © Photography by ASH
McNicol Ballet Collective celebrates its 5th anniversary with excerpts of three previous successes and a brand new one act ballet.
***11
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Royal Academy Opera stages a magical Zauberflöte

Binny Supin Yang (Queen of the Night) © Craig Fuller
A lyrical yet zesty account of Mozart's' adorable score, in a production that is on the nose and off the wall. 
****1
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A dystopian Hansel und Gretel at the RAM

Anna-Helena Maclachlan (Hansel) and Binny Supin Yang (Gretel) © Craig Fuller
Jack Furness serves up an unappetising mess of Humperdinck's delicious masterpiece for Royal Academy Opera. 
***11
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Keeping it surreal: Martinů double-bill at the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy Opera company in Martinů’s Alexandre bis (1937) © Craig Fuller
With typical spirit, the students at the Royal Academy of Music did an excellent job in bringing Martinů’s Comedy on the Bridge and Alexandre bis to life – two lesser-known pre-war surrealist gems.
***11
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Unreal city: The Rake's Progress at the Royal Academy of Music

The Rake's Progress © Craig Fuller
Frederic Wake-Walker's realisation of the Hogarth-inspired opera is visually bracing and assuredly sung. 
****1
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Emotion and mayhem: a golden double bill from Royal Academy Opera

Students triumph in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges.
****1
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By Jove! A terrific Semele at the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy Opera maintains its usual high standards in a production of Handel’s operatic oratorio, a showcase for the singers of the future.
****1
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