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La Voix humaine and Les Mamelles de Tirésias are sung with vibrant clarity
A fine cast salvages wit and humanity from Berlioz’s insubstantial opera
A double bill of one-act Ravel operas combines the hilariously bawdy and the elegantly fantastical
Laurent Pelly’s production is taxing on the eyes – though it has musical strengths
A theatrical ‘tour de force’ that gives full rein to the composer’s fantasy
Why did the Royal Opera waste valuable time, energy and artistic resource on such a creaky relic?
In artistic terms this must be the greenest festival Glyndebourne has ever seen
The composer’s version of the Cinderella story doesn’t come along very often, but when it does, it invariably scores a hit
Laura Scozzi’s effervescent staging gives Rameau’s opéra-ballet a daringly contemporary political edge
Willliam Kentridge’s production is smart and sophisticated, though the cast in this first Paris showing is a little too polite for its own good
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