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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

Covent Garden does glorious justice to this fine work

12 Dec 19 / Express

Kunde, Jaho, and Pappano make Warner’s Otello at Covent Garden show what great opera is all about

12 Dec 19 / Seen and Heard

A production which mostly depends upon three starry performances for its success

11 Dec 19 / Music OMH

A production that underwhelms

11 Dec 19 / Broadway World

Three outstanding performances from production's Iago, Otello and Desdemona

11 Dec 19 / Independent

This ugly production lacks grandeur

11 Dec 19 / Telegraph

A strong cast in a lacklustre production

11 Dec 19 / The Stage

The ugly truth about Otello at the Royal Opera House

11 Dec 19 / Financial Times (via Google)

“Esultate!” Kunde's Otello impresses at Covent Garden

11 Dec 19 / Bachtrack

Antonio Pappano’s account of the score bristles and blisters excitingly

11 Dec 19 / Classical Source

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Mark Padmore and Gerald Finley are otherworldly in Britten masterwork

2 Dec 19 / OperaWire

In a rich week of Britten, his glittering final opera overflows with feeling in David McVicar’s impressive new production

1 Dec 19 / The Observer

Handsome and revivable but I wasn't moved

28 Nov 19 / The Spectator

The new staging of Britten’s final opera is a sell out

27 Nov 19 / The Article

Death in Venice a disconcerting but beautiful opera

26 Nov 19 / Gay Times

Mark Padmore’s Aschenbach is a rather modern interpretation

25 Nov 19 / Classical Source

A fluent and fluid production

25 Nov 19 / Planet Hugill

Death in Venice comes home in style to the Royal Opera House

25 Nov 19 / Financial Times (via Google)

Mark Padmore regala un’interpretazione magistrale del ruolo del titolo

24 Nov 19 / Connessi all'Opera

There are no weak links

23 Nov 19 / Metro

Britten's opera dazzles and glows

23 Nov 19 / The Guardian

It's quite a show

23 Nov 19 / Broadway World

Great Britten: Death in Venice returns to Covent Garden in superb new staging

23 Nov 19 / Bachtrack

David McVicar’s A Death in Venice has no new insights into Britten’s valedictory opera

23 Nov 19 / Seen and Heard

An hypnotic Death in Venice at the Royal Opera House

23 Nov 19 / Opera Today

Mort à Venise, Triomphe à Londres

23 Nov 19 / Olyrix

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Applausi calorosi vengono riservati a tutti gli interpreti

7 Nov 19 / Connessi all'Opera

The Magic Flute at Royal Opera House is a classy night out

6 Nov 19 / Londonist

David McVicar's crowdpleaser (back for the umpteenth time) still shines with its clarity of storytelling

6 Nov 19 / Broadway World

Revival director Bárbara Lluch and director David McVicar beautifully capture all the subtleties and complexities of this masterpiece

6 Nov 19 / The Upcoming

Magical Flute: McVicar's Zauberflöte returns to Covent Garden

6 Nov 19 / Bachtrack

Perfectly blends seriousness and comedy

5 Nov 19 / The Stage

Too many question marks left hanging in the air

5 Nov 19 / Classical Source

An ideal if imperfect Christmas prelude

4 Nov 19 / Independent

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Il Don Pasquale dolcemaro di Damiano Michieletto

29 Oct 19 / Le Salon Musical

Olga Peretyatko steals Don Pasquale’s money and the show in Michieletto’s new Covent Garden production

26 Oct 19 / Seen and Heard

The cast, led by the magnificent Bryn Terfel in the title role, all do their jobs wonderfully

24 Oct 19 / Express

The Royal Opera’s new production of Donizetti’s comic masterpiece is a musical delight

23 Oct 19 / The Article

Everything revolves around Bryn Terfel’s tremendous, tragicomic Don Pasquale

20 Oct 19 / The Observer

Distractingly dreamy, yet rescued by its performances

20 Oct 19 / Independent

Musically, the evening is in the deft hands of Evelino Pidò

19 Oct 19 / Classical Source

Don Pasquale à Londres : lumières, caméra, action!

19 Oct 19 / Olyrix

Sir Bryn Terfel’s Don Pasquale was masterful

18 Oct 19 / Music OMH

Donizetti's Don Pasquale packs a psychological punch at the ROH

17 Oct 19 / Opera Today

On the pull

16 Oct 19 / The Critics' Circle

Bryn Terfel softens Donizetti's hard edges

16 Oct 19 / The Guardian

You won’t see anything funnier in an opera house

16 Oct 19 / The Times

Bryn Terfel is a delight in Don Pasquale at the Royal Opera House

16 Oct 19 / Financial Times (via Google)

Don Pasquale falls flat in Michieletto’s cruel comedy at Covent Garden

16 Oct 19 / Bachtrack

Admirable musical performances but an effortful new Don Pasquale production at Covent Garden

16 Oct 19 / Seen and Heard

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Less than the sum of its parts

17 Oct 19 / Bachtrack

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Goethe’s tragic hero Werther — a musical treat at the Royal Opera

25 Sep 19 / The Article

A satisfying evening, certainly

23 Sep 19 / Planet Hugill

Isabel Leonard was perfect as Charlotte

22 Sep 19 / Express

The new season has opened with two productions of differing quality

22 Sep 19 / Independent

Thanks to Juan Diego Flórez and Edward Gardner Covent Garden’s rare Werther revival should not be missed

21 Sep 19 / Seen and Heard

Juan Diego Flórez hugely moving as obsessive romantic

19 Sep 19 / The Guardian

Juan Diego Flórez lights up an otherwise staid evening

19 Sep 19 / Telegraph

Royal Opera House season opens with worthwhile Werther and Don Giovanni

19 Sep 19 / Financial Times (via Google)

Flórez’s voice is not large enough for a role on the Verdi or Puccini spectrum

19 Sep 19 / Classical Source

A thought-provoking ROH revival of Massenet’s Werther

19 Sep 19 / Opera Today

Massenet the arch-romantic: Werther returns to Covent Garden

19 Sep 19 / Bachtrack

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A must for Handel lovers- but an expensive one

5 Oct 19 / London News Online

Triomphe pour Joyce DiDonato avec Lucy Crowe

5 Oct 19 / Olyrix

Joyce DiDonato seduces you within the first 10 minutes

3 Oct 19 / The Spectator

Glorious musicality in Handel’s Agrippina succumbs to a frenetic Royal Opera production

2 Oct 19 / The Article

Mommie dearest

1 Oct 19 / The Critics' Circle

Joyce DiDonato’s stop-at-nothing empress leads a top ensemble cast in Barrie Kosky’s enthralling Agrippina

29 Sep 19 / The Observer

The American soprano Joyce DiDonato is outstanding in the title role

29 Sep 19 / Express

A showcase for vocal and dramatic virtuosity of which Kosky’s cast take wicked advantage

28 Sep 19 / Independent

Over-acted and over-sung, with gratuitous yelps, whimpers, and irritating pauses from the singers for good measure

25 Sep 19 / Classical Source

The singing is what really makes the evening

25 Sep 19 / Broadway World

DiDonato formidable as power-hungry empress

25 Sep 19 / The Guardian