Well-chosen cast, but it is difficult to connect with Opera North’s Flying Dutchman ‘reinterpretation’

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Opera North 2025 – Wagner, The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Garry Walker (conductor). Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, The Quays, Salford, 15.3.2025. (MC)

Layla Claire (Senta) with the ladies of the Chorus of Opera North © James Glossop

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The WNO return to Swansea’s Grand Theatre with their uplifting Figaro

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Kerem Hasan (conductor). The Grand Theatre, Swansea, 27.2.2025. (LJ)

Giorgio Caoduro (Count Almaviva), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Don Basilio), Monika Sawa (Marcellina), and Wyn Pencarreg (Doctor Bartolo) © Dafydd Owen

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Scottish Opera’s The Makropulos Affair is a triumph with Orla Boylan at the heart of a terrific performance

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, The Makropulos Affair: Soloists, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and The Chorus of The Makropulos Affair / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Theatre Royal Glasgow, 19.2.2025. (GT)

Catriona Hewitson (Kristina) and Orla Boylan (Emilia Marty) © Mihaela Bodlovic

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