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With remarkable performances from Mattila and Grigorian, musically there is no weak link in Royal Opera’s new Jenůfa

13 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard

Al termine applausi incalzanti e qualche standing ovation da parte di una sala gremita

11 Oct 21 / Connessi all'Opera

Intense and redemptive

11 Oct 21 / Planet Hugill

A dismal story transformed into a spectacular opera experience

6 Oct 21 / Brinkwire

An eighteen month delay but worth the wait for Jenůfa at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

4 Oct 21 / Opera Online (English)

Janáček’s rapturous masterpiece and a top cast withstand the Royal Opera’s rigid new production

3 Oct 21 / The Observer

Claus Guth’s masterful staging is here in triumph

3 Oct 21 / Classical Source

A taut and intensive new production from Claus Guth in London

2 Oct 21 / OperaWire

Claus Guth’s phenomenal Jenůfa showcases Asmik Grigorian’s remarkable Covent Garden debut

2 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard

After decades, a welcome return of Jenůfa to Covent Garden

1 Oct 21 / Music OMH

Mattila is formidable in new Janaček staging

30 Sep 21 / The Guardian

Asmik Grigorian carries the force of Greek myth in this flawless staging

30 Sep 21 / iNews

The orchestra under Henrik Nanasi’s direction plays a blinder

30 Sep 21 / Independent

Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian’s Covent Garden debut was eagerly anticipated - and she delivered

30 Sep 21 / Evening Standard

Mattila and Grigorian excel in the Claus Guth’s new production of Jenůfa at Covent Garden

30 Sep 21 / Opera Today

Accomplished performances

30 Sep 21 / The Stage

After 20 years, Jenůfa makes a triumphant return to Covent Garden

30 Sep 21 / Bachtrack

In London sind die Nächte wild

30 Sep 21 / BR-online

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First new production of Rigoletto in twenty years at the Royal Opera House

20 Sep 21 / Opera Online (English)

One grisly moment aside, Oliver Mears’s first ROH production feels like a straightforward Rigoletto made to last

19 Sep 21 / The Observer

Antonio Pappano, Lisette Oropesa and Carlos Alvarez lead insightful New production

18 Sep 21 / OperaWire

A brilliant new production underlines just how relevant the opera is in today's world

18 Sep 21 / Broadway World

Rigoletto se burla del Covid

17 Sep 21 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)

Great new production of ‘Rigoletto’ reopens the Royal Opera

15 Sep 21 / The Article

Oropesa is a matchless Gilda in powerful new take on Verdi’s tragedy

15 Sep 21 / The Guardian

A wickedly effective new production

15 Sep 21 / iNews

Orchestra and chorus pass with flying colours, but tradition weighs heavy elsewhere

15 Sep 21 / The Arts Desk

Time will tell if Oliver Mears’s new Rigoletto for the Royal Opera will reveal more

15 Sep 21 / Seen and Heard

A triumphant full reopening of the Royal Opera House

15 Sep 21 / Classical Source

A strangely timeless, but nonetheless comfortingly familiar Rigoletto from The Royal Opera

15 Sep 21 / Music OMH

A superb drama of darkness and light

15 Sep 21 / Opera Today

Oliver Mears’ first production for the Royal Opera succeeds by taking Rigoletto seriously

15 Sep 21 / The Stage

A striking Rigoletto opens Oliver Mears' account at The Royal Opera

15 Sep 21 / Bachtrack

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The Royal Opera honours Sir Colin Davis with The Magic Flute

1 May 13 / Musical Criticism

With such a cast, McVicar's Flute really is Magic

25 Apr 13 / Express

A very strongly cast and thoroughly enjoyable revival.

23 Apr 13 / Opera Britannia

Is there a more crowd-pleasing opera than The Magic Flute?

23 Apr 13 / Telegraph

A fitting operatic memorial to Sir Colin Davis

20 Apr 13 / Seen and Heard

The highest accolades go to Albina Shagimuratova as the Queen of the Night

19 Apr 13 / Music OMH

Though musically strong and often visually arresting it is not quite a coherent whole

18 Apr 13 / Classical Source

Altogether, it’s a fine revival

18 Apr 13 / What's on Stage

It’s comic, grand and glittering, with great performances all round

18 Apr 13 / Londonist

Swift and energetic

18 Apr 13 / The Guardian

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Sir David McVicar’s stagings of this opera of Mozart’s and of Le nozze di Figaro have become Covent Garden classics

19 Sep 21 / Classical Source

David McVicar's staging of The Magic Flute revived at the Royal Opera House

18 Sep 21 / Bachtrack

Covent Garden reprend, en forme musicale et lyrique avec La Flûte enchantée

18 Sep 21 / Olyrix

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The Royal Opera House raises the bar yet again with this performance of Don Giovanni

9 Jul 21 / A Younger Theatre

Dramatic darkness and vocal delights

8 Jul 21 / Opera Today

More dramma than giocoso: Kasper Holten's Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden

7 Jul 21 / Bachtrack

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A potent, unsentimental but Covid-struck staging

22 Jun 21 / Evening Standard

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Ancient Rome crackles with emotion and nylon in Richard Jones’s rigorous new Mozart staging

23 May 21 / The Observer

Nicole Chevalier è una Vitellia dalle tinte estreme

23 May 21 / Connessi all'Opera

It didn’t really work

22 May 21 / The Article

A new La clemenza di Tito from Richard Jones at the ROH

21 May 21 / Opera Today

Royal Opera House returns with La Clemenza di Tito

20 May 21 / Express

Delight to be back, but modern-dress production fails to convince

19 May 21 / The Guardian

A problematic production saved by brilliant performances

19 May 21 / iNews

Un regreso eufórico

19 May 21 / ezanime

A missed opportunity in Covent Garden

19 May 21 / Telegraph

Mozart's hard-to-pace, musically masterful coronation opera has the right team

19 May 21 / The Arts Desk

Broadly persuasive but underwhelming

19 May 21 / The Stage

Royal Opera back in front of a live audience with political scheming... and football

19 May 21 / Bachtrack

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Imaginative and timely double bill

13 Apr 21 / The Guardian

Weill away your time with the Royal Opera’s thought-provoking The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel

13 Apr 21 / Seen and Heard

The Royal Opera's young artists excel in a Weill-Brecht double bill

13 Apr 21 / Bachtrack

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Weill away your time with the Royal Opera’s thought-provoking The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny Songspiel

13 Apr 21 / Seen and Heard

The Royal Opera's young artists excel in a Weill-Brecht double bill

13 Apr 21 / Bachtrack

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Paula Murrihy dazzles in Handel's dark drama

23 Nov 20 / The Guardian

Accomplished ensemble tries its best to cross the footlights in livestream-only Handel

23 Nov 20 / The Arts Desk

This was a truly lovely performance. A smashing ‘night out’

23 Nov 20 / Opera Today

Una buona esecuzione grazie a un cast ben assortito

23 Nov 20 / Connessi all'Opera

Handel's opera returns to Covent Garden after over 280 years with a terrific international cast

23 Nov 20 / Planet Hugill

Musical splendours in a wonderful performance of Handel’s Ariodante livestreamed from the Royal Opera House

22 Nov 20 / Seen and Heard

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A New Dark Age from three female composers is the Royal Opera’s requiem for the world we have lost in 2020

28 Oct 20 / Seen and Heard

Evening dedicated to female composers that felt like a space-filler

27 Oct 20 / iNews

Royal Opera's A New Dark Age is a powerful cantata for our time

27 Oct 20 / Bachtrack

Gewagte Mischungen in der Oper

27 Oct 20 / FAZ

Isolation meditations

26 Oct 20 / The Guardian

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The Royal Opera’s 4/4 is a real cabinet of musical curiosities

20 Oct 20 / Seen and Heard

A powerhouse of a programme from the Royal Opera

19 Oct 20 / The Guardian

Desire, loss and lunacy in four surprising acts

19 Oct 20 / The Arts Desk

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Lise Davidsen was an overwhelmingly thrilling Leonore from start to finish

2 Apr 20 / Opera Now

«Fidelio» und die Krise: Wer rettet Florestan jetzt aus diesem Labyrinth?

27 Mar 20 / Neue Zürcher Zeitung

The playing was absolutely incandescent

13 Mar 20 / Music OMH

The new production at Covent Garden of Beethoven's only opera leavers a curious impression

12 Mar 20 / Express

Lise Davidsen, astre au zénith dans le Fidelio de Beethoven

10 Mar 20 / Diapason

Marzelline ou l'amour de l'humanité

10 Mar 20 / Wanderer

In chains and feeling below par, star attraction Jonas Kaufmann was eclipsed by the soaring power of Lise Davidsen

9 Mar 20 / The Observer

Musical peaks

9 Mar 20 / Planet Hugill

In scary times, opera has the power to cut through and set us free

7 Mar 20 / Evening Standard

Monumental Lise Davidsen dominates controversial production starring sick but solid Jonas Kaufmann

6 Mar 20 / OperaWire

Al termine della recita, applausi calorosi da una sala gremita per tutti gli interpreti

4 Mar 20 / Connessi all'Opera

Lise Davidsen is magnificent in the Royal Opera’s new Fidelio

4 Mar 20 / The Article

As they say in football, it’s a game of two halves

3 Mar 20 / Independent

An original take on Beethoven’s opera

3 Mar 20 / The Stage

Davidsen approaches greatness in uneven production

3 Mar 20 / The Guardian

Fitfully vivid singing in a dramatic void

3 Mar 20 / The Arts Desk

Incoherence mars ambitious interpretation of Beethoven’s only opera

3 Mar 20 / Morning Star Online

Leonore no.1: Lise Davidsen leads a revolutionary Fidelio at Covent Garden

3 Mar 20 / Bachtrack

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Radiant and eternal

25 Sep 17 / Opera Today

It still packs its punch

19 Sep 17 / Independent

The cast includes some class acts

18 Sep 17 / Music OMH

Roderick Williams’ charming birdcatcher leads a spirited revival of The Magic Flute at Covent Garden

15 Sep 17 / Bachtrack

Julia Jones directs the Royal Opera in an extraordinary Die Zauberflöte

15 Sep 17 / Seen and Heard

David McVicar's visually exquisite Enlightenment production returns in its sixth revival

14 Sep 17 / What's on Stage

Timelessly elegant

14 Sep 17 / Financial Times (via Google)

An evening of both intelligence and geniality

13 Sep 17 / Classical Source

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Young artists shine in cluttered Handel staging

9 Mar 20 / The Guardian

A thought-provoking production of rare Handel is a mixed affair

9 Mar 20 / OperaWire

Handel’s Susanna returns to Covent Garden after 271 years in an enjoyable staging

7 Mar 20 / Seen and Heard

JPYA make a decent fist of Handel's Susanna in the Linbury Theatre

7 Mar 20 / Bachtrack

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Hrachuhi Bassenz powers through with solid support from Simon Keenlyside, Liparet Avetisyan, and Richard Eyre’s reliable production

25 Dec 19 / OperaWire

Can it really be 25 years since this production first graced the stage of the Royal Opera House?

21 Dec 19 / Classical Source

The power of this performance is testament to the longevity of the Royal Opera’s La traviata

20 Dec 19 / Seen and Heard

“Libiam!” Raising a glass to 25 years of Covent Garden's glorious Traviata

20 Dec 19 / Bachtrack

Una produzione che, per il momento, non ne vuole sapere di andare in pensione

20 Dec 19 / Connessi all'Opera

Beautiful voices are not enough

19 Dec 19 / The Stage

This much revived production deserves many plaudits, not least here for a show-stealing performance by Bassenz

19 Dec 19 / Morning Star Online

"If it's not broke, don't fix it!"

19 Dec 19 / Broadway World

Bassenz’s triumphant Violetta in Eyre’s timeless production

19 Dec 19 / Opera Today

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Gerald Barry brilliantly makes Lewis Carroll his own

10 Feb 20 / The Observer

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass as an opera is glorious

9 Feb 20 / Express

An unconventional rollercoaster ride of frenetic energy, madcap humour and increasingly unlikely classical music

9 Feb 20 / The Reviews Hub

Even crazier than the books

8 Feb 20 / Bachtrack

Gerald Barry’s kaleidoscopic Alice’s Adventures pushes musical boundaries at Covent Garden

7 Feb 20 / Seen and Heard

This bold, accessible and entertaining production will delight anyone who heeds the call to follow the White Rabbit

6 Feb 20 / Broadway World

A fine cast sent on a cacophonous helter-skelter ride to nowhere

6 Feb 20 / Telegraph

Alice's Adventures Underground is opera for the entire family

6 Feb 20 / Londonist

Deserves to become a modern classic

6 Feb 20 / The Stage

Just under an hour’s worth of unrelenting, unbridled madness

6 Feb 20 / The Upcoming

Brilliant in every surreal detail

6 Feb 20 / The Guardian

Alice aux pays des merveilles revisitée au Royal Opera House

6 Feb 20 / Olyrix

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Beautiful, impactful and musically wonderful

19 Jan 20 / The Reviews Hub

L’intima Bohème firmata Jones inaugura il 2020 alla ROH

16 Jan 20 / Le Salon Musical

La Bohème à Londres, la fumée de mille cheminées

16 Jan 20 / Olyrix

Finely cast revival

14 Jan 20 / The Stage

Exuberant and persuasive revival performed with elan

14 Jan 20 / The Guardian

Richard Jones' La bohème returns to Covent Garden

13 Jan 20 / Opera Today

A well-balanced cast bring a sense of enjoyment to Richard Jones' highly theatrical production

13 Jan 20 / Planet Hugill

Garifullina's Musetta the highlight of Covent Garden's Bohème

13 Jan 20 / Bachtrack

In through one ear, out the other

12 Jan 20 / Telegraph

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Verdi repressed in reductive production with disappointing turns from Kunde, Alvarez and Jaho

16 Dec 19 / OperaWire

Superb singing defies Warner’s uneven production

13 Dec 19 / Opera Today