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English National Opera revives their uproarious Iolanthe: an undeniable smash hit

09/10/202307/10/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe: Soloists, Chorus of English National Opera (chorus director Martin Fitzpatrick), Orchestra of English National Opera / Chris Hopkins (conductor). London Coliseum, 5.10.2023. (JR)

Fairy Queen (Catherine Wyn-Rogers) and Private Willis (Keel Watson) © Craig Fuller

Nadine Sierra is pitch-perfect as Adina in a somewhat mixed revival of L’elisir d’amore by the Royal Opera

24/09/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sesto Quatrini (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22.9.2023. (CC)

Laurent Pelly’s production of *L’elisir d’amore* © Clive Barda

Barrie Kosky’s Das Rheingold for the Royal Opera is a miscast, misconceived, mishmash of ideas

03/10/202322/09/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Peter Jones) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, 20.9.2023. (JPr)

Christopher Purves (Alberich) and the Rhinemaidens © Monika Rittershaus

The second revival of ENO’s Peter Grimes is a complete triumph

22/09/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 21.9.2023. (JR)

The cast of ENO’s *Peter Grimes* © Tom Bowles

If I had five stars, I would give them to the Royal Opera’s revival of La forza del destino

23/09/202321/09/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Verdi, La forza del destino (1869 Milan version): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 19.9.2023. (CC)

Etienne Dupuis (Don Carlo) and Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro) © Camilla Greenwell

All that glitters is ‘Rhinegoo’ in Barrie Kosky’s very, very mixed new Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House

14/09/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 11.9.2023. (CC)

(from l) In Sung Sim (Fasolt), Soloman Howard (Fafner) with Rose Knox-Peebles (Erda) and Christopher Maltman (Wotan) © Monika Rittershaus

Remarkable singing actors makes Saffron Opera Group’s Rosenkavalier a significant achievement

14/09/202312/09/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: James Davey) and Orchestra of Saffron Opera Group / Michael Thorne (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, 10.9.2023. (JPr)

Catherine Carby (Octavian as ‘Mariandel’) and Ella de Jongh (The Marschallin) © Roger King

A remarkable success for the Scottish premiere of Richard Strauss’s Daphne in Glasgow

12/09/202309/09/2023 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Daphne: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor). Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 5.9.2023. (GT)

Hye-Youn Lee (Daphne) and Brad Cooper (Apollo) © Sally Jubb

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