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Opera

July 2024

  • NewYear by Birmingham Opera Company at the Dream Tent.

    New Year review – Blake’s 7, redemption and rap as Birmingham Opera Company turn to Tippett

  • L to R Hilary Summers as Disinganno, Hilary Cronin as Piacere and Anna Dennis as Bellezza . Il Trionfo e del disinganno at Buxton International Festival, July 2024

    Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno review – imaginative staging transforms Handel’s oratorio

  • Dash and vocal glamour … Roman Arndt as Ernani.

    Ernani review – sterling singing triumphs over Verdi’s implausible plot

  • A woman in a blue hat sings from sheet music

    Black- and Asian-led take on Wagner in Midlands aims to open up opera access

  • The week in classical: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra: DSCH; Camerata RCO – review

  • Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček album review – eccentric opera has sparkle and muscle

  • James Loughran obituary

  • Edgar review – Puccini was right, his biggest flop is a dud

June 2024

  • Henry Waddington, Madison Leonard & Grant Doyle (standing) with Joshua Hopkins & Christine Rice in Un giorno di regno opens Garsinggton Opera 29.06.24 photo credit Richard Hubert Smith

    Un Giorno di Regno review – fizzing revival of Verdi’s failed comedy

  • Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and Louise Alder in Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne

    The week in classical: Giulio Cesare; Così fan tutte; Siegfried/Götterdämmerung – review

  • The cast stand under a tree with huge signs bearing words like Allegria, Fedelta, Comodo, Piacer

    Così fan Tutte review – self-conscious staginess is surreal fun in beautifully sung revival

  • A force to be reckoned with … Rosie Aldridge as Baba the Turk and Adam Temple-Smith as Tom Rakewell in The Rake's Progress at the Grange festival, Northington, Alresford.

    The Rake’s Progress review – stripped back staging foregrounds the sadness

  • ‘Where do we want opera to be when we’re 100?’: how Glyndebourne is facing the future

  • The week in classical: Das Rheingold/Die Walküre; Paul Wee; Köln Concert – review

  • Katya Kabanova review – Romaniw soars in cogent take on Janáček’s tragedy

  • Il Trittico review – an eloquent, gutsy outpouring of Puccini’s passion and pain

  • The week in classical: The Merry Widow; Aldeburgh festival – review

  • Other lives
    Claire Seymour obituary

  • Brief letters
    Please, no more pics of Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak … or Taylor Swift

  • The Merry Widow review – De Niese and Olvera are compelling, but camp fun stifles subtlety

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