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Opera Holland Park’s new film of William Walton’s The Bear is thoroughly entertaining

30/12/202108/11/2021 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Walton, The Bear: Soloists, Members of City of London Sinfonia (Fran Hills [piano], Ruth Funnell [violin], Christopher Rawley [bassoon], Stephanie Beck [harp] and Glyn Matthews [percussion]) / John Andrews (conductor). Filmed at Stone House during April 2020 and streaming from 9 to 13.11.2021 (click here). (JPr)

Richard Burkhard (Smirnov) and Clare Presland (Popova)

HGO’s vibrant, glowing Le nozze di Figaro is proof positive of the eternal durability of Mozart’s masterpiece

29/03/202507/11/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists; Chamber Orchestra of Hampstead Garden Opera / Thomas Payne (conductor). Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate, London, 5.11.2021. (CC)

HGO’s *Le nozze di Figaro* © Laurent Compagnon

Superb singing and theatrical audacity from Theatre of Sound delivers a most gripping Bluebeard’s Castle

30/12/202107/11/2021 by AUTHOR

United Kingdom Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists of London Sinfonietta / Stephen Higgins (conductor). Theatre of Sound at Stone Nest, London, 6.11.2021. (KMcD)

Susan Bullock (Judith) and Gerald Finley (Bluebeard) (c) Mihaela Bodlovic

Puritans stay away: this ENO HMS Pinafore is pure unadulterated fun

30/12/202101/11/2021 by Jack Buckley

United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Chris Hopkins (conductor). London Coliseum, 29.10.2021. (JB)

John Savournin, Rufus Bateman and ENO Chorus © Marc Brenner

Lisette Oropesa’s Violetta makes this umpteeenth revival of the Royal Opera’s La traviata unmissable

29/10/2021 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Actors and Dancers, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 28.10.2021. (JPr)

Liparit Avetisyan (Alfredo) and Lisette Oropesa (Violetta) (c) Tristram Kenton

Scottish Opera opens the new season with an outstanding production of The Gondoliers

08/11/202123/10/2021 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Derek Clark (conductor). Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 21.10.2021. (GT)

Mark Nathan (Giuseppe) and William Morgan (Marco) (c) James Glossop

Fulham Opera present the long-overdue staged London premiere of Die ägyptische Helena

22/10/202122/10/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Die ägyptische Helena: Soloists, Ensemble of Fulham Opera / Ben Woodward (conductor). St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 19.10.2021. (MB)

Brian Smith Walters (Menelaus) and Justine Viani (Helena) (c) Matthew Coughlan

ENO is back doing what it does best: Phelim McDermott’s astonishingly effective production of Satyagraha

04/12/202118/10/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Glass, Satyagraha (sung in Sanskrit): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Carolyn Kuan (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 16.10.2021. (CC)

(l-r) James Cleverton, Verity Wingate, Gabriella Cassidy, Sean Panikkar, William Thomas, Felicity Buckland (c) Tristram Kenton

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