Opera Reviews

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Ariodante

I came to this performance of Ariodante feeling that I had seen enough Handel operas for a while. I left invigorated and ready to acknowledge once mor...
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Jeptha

ROH’s seasons of Handel’s Covent Garden Operas continues with Jeptha. Religious subjects were banned from performance in 1752, thus Jeptha, was compos...
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7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Cecilia Sophia Anna Maria Kalougeropoulos, better known as Maria Callas was born on 2nd December 1923. Plump and awkward, she lost many kilos becoming...
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Das Rheingold

A new Ring Cycle at Covent Garden is bound to be big news. A production that is planned by Barrie Kosky, the most creative and controversial director ...
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La Forza del Destino

La Forza del Destino is a Verdi masterpiece. Extraordinary melodies, extreme emotions, violence, confrontation, challenging main roles, and great chor...
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Aureliano in Palmira

The public realised that 21-year-old Rossini was something special in 1813 after the success of Signor Bruschino and Italiana in Algeri. But Aureliano...
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Eduardo E Cristina

Rossini had under a month to compose Eduardo.  Eduardo was a ‘centone’(patchwork) opera, as 19/26 numbers were ‘borrowed’ from earlier operas -in part...