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George Benjamin’s second opera, Written on Skin was premiered at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2012 and made a strong impression when it
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For many opera fans an orgy of nostalgia for a mythical old Vienna, Richard Strauss’ romantic comedy returns to Covent Garden in
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In 2011, Irish composer Gerald Barry secured a major hit with his setting of The Importance of Being Earnest, which started life
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For the first time, the Royal Opera takes up residence at Wilton’s for this show by young professionals from the Jette Parker
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMOperas about the horrors of war are always timely, even if variable in quality. Karl Amadeus Hartmann lived through the Nazi period
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From every point of view a major undertaking for the company, Alban Berg’s Lulu, his unfinished opera about the ultimate femme fatale,
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The oldest production in the Royal Opera’s repertory, John Schlesinger’s staging of The Tales of Hoffmann has reached the ripe old age
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To many people back in 1951, it must have seemed a crazy idea. With the encouragement of the writer Compton Mackenzie, a
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Over the last few years, English National Opera has at times appeared to be falling apart in the most public way possible.
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The Royal Opera offered the year’s biggest – and noisiest – turkey, with a William Tell that made the headlines for all
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Garsington Opera at Wormsley, StokenchurchThis production of Shakespeare’s play, complete with a live backing of Mendelssohn’s score, is as brilliant as it is rare In the 19th century, w…
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As many readers will know, there was an unprecedented incident of booing at the Royal Opera House the other night, during the
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Ultimately, and disappointingly, it’s an evening that rarely rises above the cheap-laugh potential of its subject.
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London Coliseum: English National Opera is going through a troubled period, though that's nothing new, as anyone who has followed the company's fortunes over the decades will know.…
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Royal Opera House, London: Tim Albery's 2009 staging of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman returns for its second revival. The opera is played in the continuous version Wagner conceived …
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Grand Theatre, Leeds: Mozart's popular comedy takes to the Opera North stage in a new production by Jo Davies, who has already given the company major hits with Ruddigore and Carousel. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:37AMLeeds Grand Theatre: Every opera company hopes to gain for its repertoire a successful Traviata - a valuable asset, as the piece seems to be endlessly popular with audiences, including newco…
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Royal Opera House, London: Jonas Kaufmann, the world's most widely admired operatic tenor, returns to the Covent Garden stage in what is the Royal Opera's first production of Giord…
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Roundhouse, London: This production marked some important firsts - the first collaboration between the Royal Opera and the Roundhouse, the first opera staging by Michael Boyd, and the Royal …
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From Terry Gilliam’s masterpiece Benvenuto Cellini to Glyndebourne’s intriguing Der Rosenkavalier, there were plenty of worthwhile operas this year, writes George Hall The Royal Opera of…
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Royal Opera House, London: German director Katharina Thoma's first UK production was Ariadne auf Naxos for Glyndebourne, which received a mixed reception. Her second, and her first work…
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London Coliseum: To a libretto by Peter Sellars based on the Old Testament, the New Testament, the medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen and the writings of half a dozen politically active and…
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Royal Opera House, London: Austrian director Martin Kusej, a leading member of the German Regietheater movement, makes his Royal Opera debut with Mozart's early masterpiece, set after t…
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Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff: Stirringly entitled 'Liberty or Death!', Welsh National Opera's autumn season makes a feature of two relatively unfamiliar works by Rossini -…
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Coliseum, London: In 1904 Puccini turned a play by David Belasco - Madam Butterfly - into one of his most successful operas, and it was doubtless with the hope of repeating the trick that he…
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Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff: Productions of Rossini's last and most ambitious opera are a bit like buses - you wait 20 years and then two come along at once: the Royal Opera presen…
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Soho Theatre, London: OperaUpClose's slimmed-down staging of Verdi's opera manages to make do with just five singers (no separate chorus) and a three-piece band - on the first nigh…
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Holland Park, London: Holland Park returns to its verismo period specialism with this 1902 romantic tragedy by Cilea, presented here in a new staging by Martin Lloyd-Evans. It seems obligato…
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Coade, Bryanston: In its 40th anniversary year, Dorset Festival Opera demonstrates impressive standards in this full-scale production of one of Verdi's grandest works. Aida is one of tw…
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Linbury Studio, London: Created by Frederic Wake-Walker, who directs its initial production, Mahogany Opera Group was formed earlier this year when Wake-Walker combined The Opera Group (form…
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Glyndebourne, Lewes: The third new production of Glyndebourne's 2014 season is Verdi's popular classic, and Tom Cairns' staging, designed by Hildegard Bechtler, brings the act…
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