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Reviewer's Rating Lohengrin Tim Hochstrasser 22/04/2022‘Lohengrin’ was Wagner’s first clear masterpiece, but it is all the same an uneasy work, embodying both the culmination of...
Reviewer's rating Don Giovanni Owen Davies 10/04/2022This Welsh National Opera production of Don Giovanni has many merits – a fine orchestra, a bold design, some wonderful...
Reviewer's rating Peter Grimes Tim Hochstrasser 28/03/2022Since its first performance in 1945, ‘Peter Grimes’ has never left the repertory and its status as a masterpiece of...
Reviewer's rating The Barber of Seville Miho Uchida 11/03/2022Michael Shell’s production of The Barber of Seville contains more farces than usual, perhaps an attempt of the Atlanta Opera...
Reviewer's Rating Pagliacci Yael Shuv 04/03/2022Before it all started, the big screen in front of the stage turned blue and yellow. With it a message...
Reviewer's rating The Cunning Little Vixen Teddy Hempstead 21/02/2022Since its first performance, in 1924, Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen has enjoyed the kind of philosophical tug-of-war usually reserved...
Reviewer's rating Les Indes Galantes Owen Davies 17/02/2022Marcio da Silva’s groundbreaking company Ensemble Orquesta (EO) is fast developing an enviable reputation for bringing rare baroque treasures to...
Reviewer's rating Manon Miho Uchida 14/02/2022Manon is Jules Massenet’s most popular opera, and along with Carmen and Faust, stands as one of French opera’s iconic...
Reviewer's rating Yevgeni Onegin Yael Shuv 08/01/2022Yevgeni Onegin is a truly great opera, titled after a male character that inflicts tragedy. Whereas most heroes fall desperately...
Reviewer's rating Nabucco Tim Hochstrasser 21/12/2021This opera was Verdi’s breakthrough work in 1842, setting the pattern for many of his preoccupations and emphases in the...
