Royal Academy Opera - London | 22 January 2021 |
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ChérubinRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Anthony Legge conducted a thrusting and energetic account of the score |
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Massenet’s Chérubin charms at Royal Academy Opera |
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An entirely delightful way to spend an evening, two hours away from the doom & gloom swirling around us |
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Die ZauberflöteRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
An absorbing and enjoyable evening |
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The Cunning Little VixenRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
A life-affirming Vixen at the Royal Academy of Music |
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IolantaRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Much to savour in the Royal Academy’s Tchaikovsky and Ravel double bill |
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New perceptions: a Royal Academy Opera double bill |
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Emotion and mayhem: a golden double bill from Royal Academy Opera |
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Tchaikovsky’s final opera Iolanta continues to linger on the fringes of the repertoire |
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L'Enfant et les SortilègesRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() ![]() |
Much to savour in the Royal Academy’s Tchaikovsky and Ravel double bill |
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A slightly unlikely but highly satisfying double bill, with superbly engaging performance |
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New perceptions: a Royal Academy Opera double bill |
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Emotion and mayhem: a golden double bill from Royal Academy Opera |
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A winner choice for college opera |
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SemeleRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() ![]() |
Royal Academy's Semele offers 'endless pleasures' |
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By Jove! A terrific Semele at the Royal Academy of Music |
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Olivia Fuchs' production of Semele falls back on some basic dramaturgical clichés |
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The ‘endless pleasure’ of Semele brought to life at the Royal Academy of Music |
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FlightRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Lively and very funny, Jonathan Dove's opera opens the Royal Academy of Music's new theatre |
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Jonathan Dove’s terrific airport opera opened an exciting new space |
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Jonathan Dove’s well-travelled airport comedy receives a fizzing, funny staging with passages of perfectly choreographed farce |
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Dove's Flight takes off superbly to launch Royal Academy's new theatre |
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Don GiovanniRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Gareth Hancock and the Royal Academy of Music Opera give Don Giovanni a "Day of the Dead" makeover |
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The Threepenny OperaRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
A sardonic tirade |
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Walter Sutcliffe directs a visually striking production |
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A sardonic tirade: Royal Academy tackles The Threepenny Opera |
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Orphée aux EnfersRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Riotous journey to the Underworld |
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AlcinaRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Three cheers once again to a Royal Academy Opera performance of the highest order |
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Alcina’s enchanted island relocates to S&M club in RAM’s compelling production |
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A wonderfully audacious production of Handel’s Alcina |
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May NightRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Gareth Hancock tackles Rimsky-Korsakov’s inimitable score with verve |
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A very good choice for Royal Academy Opera |
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Royal Academy Opera shines in a Rimsky-Korsakov rarity |
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A rite of spring: Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night |
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Le nozze di FigaroRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
The young singers show considerable promise |
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Janet Suzman’s Marriage of Figaro for Royal Academy Opera is full of divine and sexy detail |
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A marriage of youth and experience: Mozart's Figaro in Hackney |
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Royal Academy present outstanding Figaro set in Cuba |
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The Rake's ProgressRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Fine staging and performance of The Rake’s Progress |
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Blue lips and beards |
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The Royal Academy’s Rake’s Progress wins hands down in the war against idle pleasures |
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Suor AngelicaRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
Two-thirds of Puccini’s triptych made for yet another excellent evening at the Royal Academy of Music |
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Academy’s young singers impress in Puccini operas |
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The Royal Academy of Music’s Puccini double bill presents the saddest and the funniest of the composer’s one-acters |
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Puccini is in safe hands at the Royal Academy |
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A well-directed, high quality ensemble performance which didn’t quite hit the vocal heights |
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Gianni SchicchiRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
Two-thirds of Puccini’s triptych made for yet another excellent evening at the Royal Academy of Music |
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Academy’s young singers impress in Puccini operas |
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The Royal Academy of Music’s Puccini double bill presents the saddest and the funniest of the composer’s one-acters |
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Puccini is in safe hands at the Royal Academy |
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Haobin Wang entertains as Gianni Schicchi at Royal Academy |
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The Rape of LucretiaRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Britten’s blank postcard from Belsen |
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AriodanteRoyal Academy OperaLondon Handel FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
On the whole this production cohered as another, highly creditable, venture |
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The LighthouseRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
All three singers made an overwhelming impact |
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Not the most obvious of pairings |
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Dido and AeneasRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Ramster kept to simple, rather baroque formality in the Purcell |
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Not the most obvious of pairings |
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Eugene OneginRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Reason over passion |
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Romantic glow to Royal Academy’s Onegin |
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La vera costanzaRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Trevor Pinnock led a gripping account of the score |
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The first cast was strong as you could wish |
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Pinnock Makes convincing case for Haydn’s La vera constanza |
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Mansfield ParkRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Mansfield Park suffered from the impossibility for sopranos to get their words across inhigh register |
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Die ZauberflöteRoyal Academy OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
One of the principal joys of visiting Royal Academy Opera is to witness young singers at the beginning of their careers |
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Not one for the children... |
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Barlow’s staging sustains an exclusively high level of light-hearted, cynical send-up |
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