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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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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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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

Virtuosity from DiDonato but Kosky’s Agrippina is puzzling and contradictory

25 Sep 19 / Seen and Heard

Barrie Kosky brings farce and frolics to the ROH

25 Sep 19 / Opera Today

Political power games in Kosky's Agrippina at Covent Garden

25 Sep 19 / Bachtrack

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The cast give their all

28 Sep 19 / Opera Today

Brilliantly played but Barry's opera still bewilders

27 Sep 19 / The Guardian

A farrago of frivolities

27 Sep 19 / Independent

Absurd, unpleasant and wonderfully pertinent: Gerald Barry's The Intelligence Park

27 Sep 19 / Bachtrack

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The new season has opened with two productions of differing quality

22 Sep 19 / Independent

A psychosexual comic fantasy drama and this revival is more convincing than its previous outings

21 Sep 19 / Express

Royal Opera House season opens with worthwhile Werther and Don Giovanni

19 Sep 19 / Financial Times (via Google)

A rather tired Don Giovanni opens the Royal Opera’s new season

19 Sep 19 / Seen and Heard

Highway to Hell: Holten's production of Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden

19 Sep 19 / Bachtrack

Al termine le ovazioni del pubblico accolgono Erwin Schrott

19 Sep 19 / Connessi all'Opera

The singers are only partially successful in achieving a real Mozartean alacrity

18 Sep 19 / Classical Source

A dazzling, visually-thrilling and intellectually stimulating interpretation of a classic opera

18 Sep 19 / The Upcoming

Raunchy romp Don Giovanni rocks Royal Opera House

18 Sep 19 / Londonist

An unforgettable performance by Erwin Schrott

18 Sep 19 / The Stage

A rather tired Don Giovanni opens the Royal Opera’s new season

18 Sep 19 / Seen and Heard

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Miranda Richardson gives thunderous performance

13 Jul 19 / Independent

Lighter than a macaron and every bit as deliciously Gallic

13 Jul 19 / Broadway World

French soprano Sabine Devieilhe seems to find feisty adolescence a neat fit

13 Jul 19 / Opera Today

Pour ma voix quel destin!

12 Jul 19 / Olyrix

Love and slapstick come together on the battlefields

11 Jul 19 / Evening Standard

An ebullient, fanciful layer cake abound in vocal splendor

11 Jul 19 / OperaWire

Laurent Pelly’s production of La fille du regiment remains a triumph

11 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard

Devieilhe, Camarena, Spagnoli: a dream team for La Fille du régiment at the Royal Opera

10 Jul 19 / Bachtrack

La star della serata è senza ombra di dubbio il tenore messicano Javier Camarena

10 Jul 19 / Connessi all'Opera

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Frisson and conviction to Mozart's comic opera

5 Jul 19 / Evening Standard

Zippy Mozart for the #metoo era with gender swap

3 Jul 19 / The Guardian

Each element of the production is remarkable

3 Jul 19 / The Upcoming

Gardiner runs Mozart ragged in The Royal Opera's Figaro

3 Jul 19 / Bachtrack

A lively and imaginative revival

2 Jul 19 / The Stage

Much to fascinate and celebrate in the Royal Opera’s Figaro at Covent Garden

2 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard

McVicar's production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro returns to the Royal Opera House

2 Jul 19 / Opera Today

It soon became clear that the evening would turn around Joélle Harvey’s tireless, beautifully sung and acted Susanna

2 Jul 19 / Classical Source

Lively detail and strong character

1 Jul 19 / Planet Hugill

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Anaïk Morel gives us a heroine of two halves

26 Jun 19 / Broadway World

Kosky’s Carmen revival at Covent Garden is a triumph of style over substance

26 Jun 19 / Seen and Heard

Carmen minus charisma: a limp revival of Kosky's production at Covent Garden

26 Jun 19 / Bachtrack

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Bryn Terfel was magnificent as Scarpia

31 May 19 / Express

Tosca proves that monoliths aren't just for Sci-Fi

30 May 19 / Londonist

Successo per Grigolo come Cavaradossi

30 May 19 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita)

À Londres, une Tosca en équilibre instable, dominée par Vittorio Grigolo

30 May 19 / toutelaculture.com

Kristine Opolais moves with the grace of a ballerina, her Tosca every inch the superstar of the Roman stage

29 May 19 / Broadway World

Kristine Opolais in the titular role has the right combination of melodrama and steeliness

29 May 19 / The Upcoming

Alexander Joel has a sure sense of the music’s weight and is a nimble accompanist

29 May 19 / Classical Source

Grigòlo, Opolais and Terfel feature in the Royal Opera’s ‘Blood and Thunder’ revival of Tosca

29 May 19 / Seen and Heard

“Ecco un artista!”: melodrama aplenty in ROH Tosca revival

29 May 19 / Bachtrack

Terfel Triomphal avec Tosca à Londres

29 May 19 / Olyrix

The Royal Opera House’s terrific production of Tosca hits all the right notes

29 May 19 / The Article

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Bryn Terfel, nel ruolo del titolo, dà vita ad un personaggio complesso e credibile

23 Jun 19 / Operaclick (Ita)

A memorable Boris Godunov at Covent Garden

22 Jun 19 / Seen and Heard

Bryn Terfel is a more tragic than melodramatic Boris

21 Jun 19 / Classical Source

The coronation and tragedy of Boris revived at Covent Garden

21 Jun 19 / Bachtrack

A magnificent and quintessentially Russian rendering

21 Jun 19 / Independent

Terfel’s wild-eyed ruler provides a well-timed study of leadership

21 Jun 19 / Evening Standard

Richard Jones's Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden

21 Jun 19 / Opera Today