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Agrippina

Handel wrote a lot of operas and some are better than others. Agrippina was written for the Venice Carnival of 1710 and the textbooks tell us that it ...
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The Woman who Turned into a Tree

This is a piece of theatre that defies easy categorisation. It is a mixture of spoken word, drama, mime, dance, and music. Just when the audience is f...
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The Magic Flute

Mozart's Magic Flute is one of those operas that brings out extreme views amongst opera lovers. For some it's a trivial bit of pantomime redeemed by s...
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Lucrezia Borgia

Despite all the noise and nonsense seeping out of the Arts Council about opera funding, it is great to be able to celebrate the fact that English Tour...
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Truth’s a Dog that Must to Kennel

This stunning short piece by Tim Crouch is reflection on the nature of theatre and the shared values that bring performers and audience together. It's...
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Afghanistan is not Funny

This play is the result of a trip to Afghanistan made in 2002 by the writer and his friend, Sam Maynard, a feature photographer. It tells the story of...
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The Rape of Lucretia

This version of The Rape of Lucretia, co-produced by The Royal Opera and Britten Pears Arts provides a compelling evening at the Linbury Theatre. The ...
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The Cunning Little Vixen

This extraordinary opera by Janacek remains an enigma to me. Its bizarre mix of two stories – one about a sad group of humans, the other about a rioto...
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Cherry Town Moscow

WNO Youth Opera has been tasked with bringing this strange operetta by Shostakovich to life. First performed in 1959 near the end of a career that had...