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Andrea ChenierRoyal Ballet and OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | ![]() |
Andrea Chénier, ou le triomphe de la poésie en direct de Londres |
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Enkhbat and Radvanovsky transcend criticism in Pappano’s Covent Garden ‘farewell’ Andrea Chénier |
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Antonio Pappano bows out with a blazing performance of Giordano’s red-blooded opera |
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A final flourish for Pappano at the Royal Opera |
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Pappano bows out at the ROH with a superb ‘Andrea Chenier’ |
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Andrea Chénier con Kaufmann, Radvanovsky e Enkhbat |
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Pappano’s soloists, chorus and orchestra unite in a terrific performance of Andrea Chénier |
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Giordano's most popular opera is revived with an impressive cast, as Covent Garden's music director bows out |
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Pappano ends on a high with this sensational, thrilling revival |
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Sondra Radvanovsky and Jonas Kaufmann shine in Giordano masterwork |
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Costume drama at its finest |
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This is a night for exciting singing |
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L'OlimpiadeRoyal Ballet and OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
Doing Vivaldi proud: his Olympic opera performed with verve & imagination by Irish National Opera |
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Well sung youthful collaboration with Irish National Opera |
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Irish National Opera triumphs again with Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade in London |
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An offstage stand-in steals the show in Irish National Opera’s latest elegant Vivaldi |
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Irish National Opera Brings Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
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Despite some unevenness, vivid musical and dramatic interpretations remain intact for Vivaldi’s lively L’Olimpiade |
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Clever and effective Vivaldi staging with music of heartstopping beauty |
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Convoluted baroque opera is nevertheless a delight for the ears |
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Delicate artistry |
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Gold medal for Irish National Opera's L'Olimpiade at Covent Garden |
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CarmenThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 23 | ![]() |
The cards are truthful and will not lie! |
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Damiano Michieletto’s new Covent Garden Carmen is well sung but disappoints and disturbs |
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Carmen intense et hantée en direct de Londres |
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Aigul Akhmetshina and Piotr Beczala shine in disappointing Michieletto production |
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Glorious singing in Royal Opera's new production of Bizet's Carmen |
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Aigul Akhmetshina, una Carmen en busca de un buen regisseur |
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A welcome new ‘Carmen’ at Covent Garden |
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Aigul Akhmetshina steals the show in Damiano Michieletto’s uneven new 70s-set Bizet |
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Aigul Akhmetshina resplendit dans Carmen au Royal Opera House |
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Trio de choc |
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Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina is exceptional in the title role of Bizet's opera, but what's the Duchess of Alba doing here? |
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Aigul Akhmetshina shines in Carmen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
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Carmen con regia di Damiano Michieletto |
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A welcome new ‘Carmen’ at Covent Garden |
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Damiano Michieletto’s production disappoints despite strong performances |
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Some outstanding singing at the Royal Opera’s new Carmen |
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Akmetshina shines |
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Aigul Akhmetshina is electrifying in simmering, naturalistic staging |
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Akhmetshina dominates, but in Michieletto’s new Carmen his ‘clever’ aspects may jar on repetition |
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Gritty realism & a reluctance to add any local colour & movement, redeemed by musical performances |
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Aigul Akhmetshina commands the stage in this compelling new production |
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Strong women, no sexual chemistry and little stage focus |
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Michieletto’s excellent new Carmen lit up by Beczała and Akhmetshina at Covent Garden |
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Aigul Akhmetshina: 'It's Fifty Shades of Carmen!'
The mezzo-soprano on dying for a living, loading up on carbs and housework in the early hours.
The mezzo-soprano on dying for a living, loading up on carbs and housework in the early hours.
Lucia di LammermoorThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 19 | ![]() |
Ambiance électrique à Covent Garden pour cette nouvelle reprise de Lucia di Lammermoor |
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A stunning soprano in a dubious Royal Opera production |
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She sings, raves, keens and fantasises for all the world’s hard-done-by |
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A fearless central performance anchors Katie Mitchell’s busy yet insightful Donizetti revival |
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Nadine Sierra à la tête d'une distribution exceptionnelle dans Lucia di Lammermoor à la Royal Opera House |
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A strong cast makes up for Katie Mitchell’s brutal production |
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Nadine Sierra heads an outstanding cast in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House |
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Dieser Haushalt macht krank |
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Bravo for ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at the ROH |
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A spine-tingling revival helmed by an enthralling central performance |
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Voices of extraordinary quality |
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Nadine Sierra leads a musically formidable Lucia di Lammermoor revival at the ROH |
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A sensational Nadine Sierra in Lucia di Lammermoor at the ROH |
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Lucia di Lammermoor con Sierra, Anduaga e Ruciński |
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À Londres, Lucia di Lammermoor prise dans un tourbillon de violence |
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Larynx-shredding vocals and coloratura to die for |
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A vocally breathtaking, disturbing to witness descent into madness |
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A thrilling new cast renews a fine production of Donizetti's tragic opera |
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A superb revival: Royal Opera House’s Lucia di Lammermoor turns tragedy into triumph |
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Tears of the KnifeRoyal Ballet and OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
Elegant anarchy in a surreal Royal Opera double bill |
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Larmes de couteau et Full Moon in March, diptyque surréaliste à la Royal Opera House de Londres |
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A surreal double bill |
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Two supremely weird operas |
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Teddy bears and flower arrangements |
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The first cut is the deepest |
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Full Moon in MarchRoyal Ballet and OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
Elegant anarchy in a surreal Royal Opera double bill |
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Larmes de couteau et Full Moon in March, diptyque surréaliste à la Royal Opera House de Londres |
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A surreal double bill |
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Two supremely weird operas |
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Teddy bears and flower arrangements |
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The first cut is the deepest |
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Madama ButterflyThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | ![]() ![]() |
Una Butterfly de antología: Asmik Grigorian |
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Una Butterfly de altos vuelos |
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The superb Asmik Grigorian is simply Mimì in a kimono in Covent Garden’s Madama Butterfly |
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Tears, boos and applause: this updated Madama Butterfly is as life-affirming and cathartic as ever |
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Asmik Grigorian triomphe en Madame Butterfly en direct de Londres |
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What a difference a conductor makes: Puccini’s less-wounded Butterfly |
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Asmik Grigorian is a shattering Butterfly |
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Float on, white winged Butterfly |
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Royal Opera triumph soars to new heights on Lithuanian wings |
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Madama Butterfly con Asmik Grigorian |
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Grigorian inhabits the part to a degree one does not often experience |
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A further revival of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s Madama Butterfly is an exhilarating operatic evening |
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The tragic arc of a very human drama: Madama Butterfly returns to The Royal Opera |
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Der Fliegende HolländerThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 16 | ![]() |
'Perfect' Bryn Terfel shines in powerful Wagnerian drama |
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Bryn Terfel returns as the mythical Dutchman |
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Bryn Terfel steers the ship in latest revival of Tim Albery’s production |
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Wagner's windswept opera is revived with a new cast and stirring chorus work |
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Terfel still owns this role, and Elisabet Strid’s Senta soars |
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Wagner’s début: the Royal Opera’s ‘Flying Dutchman’ |
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Sir Bryn Terfel anchors The Royal Opera's latest revival of Der fliegende Holländer |
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This Dutchman flies high |
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The Dutchman returns to Covent Garden |
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Third Revival of Tim Albery’s The Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera House |
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L’olandese volante con Bryn Terfel |
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Bryn Terfel is marvellous as the doomed sailor |
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An experience not to be missed |
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Terfel and Strid on extraordinary form |
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Compellingly lucid with an austere visual beauty |
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A superb Covent Garden revival of Tim Albery’s production showcases Bryn Terfel’s outstanding Dutchman |
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La bohèmeThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | ![]() |
Puccini gets the short shrift in this stunted template of a classic |
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The vocally pecunious pinnacle of un-pinnacled impecuniousness |
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Puccini’s genius shines through as his centenary year gets under way |
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Angela Gheorghiu reprises a legendary Mimì |
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Angela Gheorghiu and Stefan Pop make the current Covent Garden La bohème revival something special |
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Bright new talent kicks new life into an old favourite at Covent Garden |
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Excellent performances |
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Impressive Royal Opera debut by Ruzan Mantashyan in Bohème revival |
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A thrilling audience with super-charged soprano Angela Gheorghiu
She calls herself ‘the world’s most glamorous opera star’, and always knew that her destiny was to be on stage. Can the Romanian diva possibly live up to her reputation? You bet …
She calls herself ‘the world’s most glamorous opera star’, and always knew that her destiny was to be on stage. Can the Romanian diva possibly live up to her reputation? You bet …
ToscaThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
A Rolls-Royce of a production |
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Stundyte, una Tosca a medio camino en el Covent Garden |
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A less than perfect revival does nothing to diminish the genius of Puccini |
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Stunning Royal Opera staging of Puccini classic boasts superb villain |
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Tosca returns to the Royal Opera House |
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The Royal Opera’s Tosca gets a disappointing revival with tired and inadequate principal singers |
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Another great revival of Puccini's masterpiece, set in the dangerous Rome of 1800 |
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The latest outing for Jonathan Kent's stirring version continues until 21 July |
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Full of thrills but star soprano Ausrine Stundyte doesn’t quite rise to this challenge |
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Muted passions in Royal Opera Tosca revival |
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ElektraThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 15 | ![]() |
Elektra a medio camino |
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Calorosi per tutti gli interpreti, con picchi di entusiasmo per Jakubiac e Goliński, oltre al maestro Pappano |
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In the hands of two great conductors, high drama and outstanding playing converge in Strauss’s unyielding tragedy and Janáček’s dark masterpiece |
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Stundyte stands in for the indisposed Stemme and has an entirely different take on Elektra at Covent Garden |
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Dernières Elektra tardives |
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Fürchte deine Mutter |
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Nina Stemme is remarkable |
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Pappano and Loy bring empathy to Elektra at Covent Garden |
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Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown |
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Nina Stemme lost in rage at Pappano’s farewell |
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Christof Loy’s new and nuanced production of Elektra at the Royal Opera Hou |
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‘Love, viewed from the dark side’ |
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Pappano triumphs in the Royal Opera’s ‘Elektra’ |
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Moral: don’t wait too long for revenge |
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Insgesamt ein Meilenstein in der Interpretationsgeschichte dieses Werkes |
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Hansel und GretelThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
Irresistible |
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Humperdinck’s sweet-toothed favourite wins at least one new fan |
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A fairy tale opera looks the part, but where are the angels? |
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Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel strikes a sour note at the Royal Opera House |
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Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel score is the greatest magic of all in a fine Covent Garden revival |
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Hansel and Gretel provides a festive treat at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
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A children-friendly Hansel and Gretel at Covent Garden |
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Efficient but underwhelming staging of Humperdinck’s fairytale opera |
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Chocolate coated covens |
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Vivacious staging of Humperdinck’s benign fairytale |
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Wolf Witch Giant FairyThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Channelling my Inner Child for Christmas at the Royal Opera House |
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PagliacciThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
Jorge de León gets to lose grips with reality as the hapless Canio |
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Hot-blooded double bill Cav and Pag hits home in a fine Royal Opera revival, |
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A rare evening where everything works |
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Royal Opera’s ‘Cav and Pag’ is compelling |
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They’ve put comrade Turridu in a home |
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Compelling and compassionate theatre |
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Moving and frequently disturbing |
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Michieletto’s splendid production at Covent Garden is revived once again |
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Blinded by passion: Michieletto's Cav & Pag returns to the Royal Opera House |
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Cavalleria RusticanaThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
Alagna and Kurzak consolidated their positions as world class artists here with spellbinding performances |
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Hot-blooded double bill Cav and Pag hits home in a fine Royal Opera revival, |
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A rare evening where everything works |
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Royal Opera’s ‘Cav and Pag’ is compelling |
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They’ve put comrade Turridu in a home |
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Compelling and compassionate theatre |
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Moving and frequently disturbing |
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Michieletto’s splendid production at Covent Garden is revived once again |
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Blinded by passion: Michieletto's Cav & Pag returns to the Royal Opera House |
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JephthaThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 21 | ![]() |
Los transcendentes claroscuros del nuevo Jephtha del Covent Garden |
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Plenty of food for thought & some terrific singing |
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A night at the opera that I would like to forget |
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Jephtha at the Royal Opera House asks the big questions in style |
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Allan Clayton gives a magnificent account of the troubled title character |
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There are many powerful moments in this production |
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‘Waft her, angels, through the skies’ |
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Allan Clayton’s Jephtha is possessed by a hubristic sense of his own rightness |
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Uncomfortable sacrifice oratorio not seismic enough |
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A Jephtha for our time |
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Allan Clayton gives a magnificent account of the troubled title character |
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Torna al Covent Garden per la prima volta dal 1752 l’oratorio Jephtha di Georg Friedrich Händel |
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Nice twist of the Handel at the Royal Opera |
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Handel’s majestic final oratorio holds its own in Oliver Mears’s searching new production |
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Covent Garden’s new production of Handel’s Jephtha is currently something of a missed opportunity |
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Oliver Mears’s new production of Jephtha at the Royal Opera House |
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Clayton is magnificent as a wide-eyed zealot |
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Allan Clayton's return to Covent Garden is not to be missed |
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Jennifer France shines as a daughter lost to her father's dangerous pledge in a new staging of Handel's oratorio |
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Highly recommended to all but zealots and puritans |
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Magnificent singing, but short on dramatic punch |
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Allan Clayton: ‘I’m your tortured tenor for hire’
His committed performances and expressive voice have made him one of today’s most admired singers. As he prepares for Jephtha at Covent Garden, Allan Clayton ponders creativity, pigeonholes and facial hair.
His committed performances and expressive voice have made him one of today’s most admired singers. As he prepares for Jephtha at Covent Garden, Allan Clayton ponders creativity, pigeonholes and facial hair.
RigolettoThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
Amartuvshin Enkhbat and Pretty Yende shine in Verdi masterpiece |
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In the title role Amartuvshin Enkhbat dominates the current revival of Oliver Mears’s Rigoletto |
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Alles ist Kunst, nur die Rache nicht |
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Al termine applausi calorosi per tutti gli interpreti e un vero trionfo, giustamente, per Amartuvshin Enkhbat |
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Enkhbat brings Rigoletto’s psychological torment to life |
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A hard and heartless Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House |
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Coronation soprano Pretty Yende stars in a revival of Verdi's tragic opera |
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Amartuvshin Enkhbat’s Rigoletto conquers Covent Garden |
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A heady blend of drama, decay, and decadence |
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A psychologically probing production |
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Q & A: Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Amartuvshin Enkhbat on the importance of Verdi in his career.
Amartuvshin Enkhbat on the importance of Verdi in his career.
Picture a day like thisThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
La inútil ilusión de ser feliz |
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A beautiful ode to hope |
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George Benjamin on his defining moments – and his latest opera
As Picture a Day Like This comes to the London stage, the composer speaks about finding his dream collaborator, entering ‘a different dimension’ with Olivier Messiaen – and the day Disney changed his life.
As Picture a Day Like This comes to the London stage, the composer speaks about finding his dream collaborator, entering ‘a different dimension’ with Olivier Messiaen – and the day Disney changed his life.
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