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Robert Hayward excels as the title character in a wide-ranging portrayal that succeeds beyond expectations
Elizabeth Llewellyn takes the lead in Puccini’s opera as London open-air theatre begins its run
Verdi’s opera is played and sung more impressively than it is staged
Premiering at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, the Scottish composer’s latest work is set on a vessel stranded in the Arctic
Opera North sets UK debut of Kevin Puts’s work against opulent Victorian architecture
The countertenor shone in the title role, but this was a musically uneven account of Handel’s oratorio
With over 200 performers, this setting of Alice Oswald’s Homeric lament cleverly blended music, text and movement
The second instalment of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ overcomes its cluttered set with outstanding orchestration and singing
The music in David Pountney’s production sometimes lacked momentum while the staging was cramped
Donnacha Dennehy’s score underpins a hard-edged tale about a dysfunctional musician
A programme that represented Leonard Bernstein as composer, conductor and pianist
Richard Strauss’s opera sounds delicious, while Antony McDonald’s production skilfully negotiates the plot’s twists and turns
An impressive UK professional premiere for Verdi’s opera
A staging of Britten’s opera that gathers supernatural momentum
Two country house opera venues are staging Handel’s ‘Agrippina’ and Verdi’s ‘Un ballo in maschera’
Annilese Miskimmon’s production sets the opera in the aftermath of the second world war
A new work by Philip Venables satirises popular entertainment while challenging gender conventions
Musical and production standards are high in Opera North’s Verdi staging
The rapport between singer and cellist was palpable
A memorable production of Janáček’s idiosyncratic work at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Phelim McDermott presents a well-sung but visually variable production at the Coliseum
George Enescu’s only opera is a hard work to pull off. Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO showed how
A curiously uneven production of Verdi’s opera
Now 30 years old, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s adaptation of Berkoff still packs a punch
Rebecca Evans presents the Viennese princess with well-defined personality and more asperity than usual
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