Curtis Rogers

Garsington’s delightful production of L’elisir d’amore captures its warm-hearted Italian spirit and comedy

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2025 [2] – Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Chloe Rooke (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 7.6.2025. (CR)

[l-r] Oleksiy Palchykov (Nemorino), Madison Leonard (Adina) and Carles Pachon (Belcore) © Julian Guidera

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Garsington’s The Queen of Spades will surely be one of the best things to be seen this summer

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2025 [1] – Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Garsington Opera Youth Company, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 31.5.2025. (CR)

 

Robert Hayward (Count Tomsky) and Roderick Williams (Prince Yeletsky) © Julian Guidera

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Sir Bryn Terfel was commanding in a vivid interpretation of Mendelssohn’s Elijah from Oxford Philharmonic

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Belinda Gifford-Guy (treble), Trystan Llŷr-Griffiths (tenor), Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / John Lubbock (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1.12.2024. (CR)

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s Elijah at the Sheldonian Theatre

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Kupfer’s La Scala, Milan, Der Rosenkavalier is more thoughtful sophistication than brazen opulence

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ItalyItaly Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Treble Voices Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 19.10.2024. (CR)

Harry Kupfer’s Der Rosenkavalier © Brescia e Amisano

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Garsington Opera’s A Trip to the Moon will have children and adults delight in the magic of live theatre

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2024 [5] – Andrew Norman, A Trip to the Moon: Soloists, Garsington Opera Adult and Youth Companies, Primary and Infant School Companies, and Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 30.7.2024. (CR)

Garsington Opera’s A Trip to the Moon © Julian Guidera

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Garsington Opera’s impressively alert Un giorno di regno should keep you amused and absorbed

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2024 [4] – Verdi, Un giorno di regno: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Chris Hopkins (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 1.7.2024. (CR)

Christine Rice as La Marchesa del Poggio © Julian Guidera

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