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Fine ENO Cast but as Catfish Row Comes to the Coliseum Perhaps Porgy and Bess is Too ‘Traditional’

26/10/201814/10/2018 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Gershwin, Porgy and Bess: Soloists, Actors, Chorus, Orchestra of the English National Opera / John Wilson (conductor). London Coliseum, 11.10.2018. (MB)

ENO’s *Porgy and Bess* (c) Tristram Kenton

WNO’s La Cenerentola Makes Us Laugh, Think and Feel

26/10/201811/10/2018 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 5.10.2018. (GPu)

Tara Erraught as Angelina, with mice © Jane Hobson

ENO’s Cast Deserved Better Than This Incompetent, Incoherent Production of Salome

17/10/201805/10/2018 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 3.10.2018. (MB)

Allison Cooke (Salome) (c) Catherine Ashmore

A Funeral for the Queen of Carthage is a Remarkable Evening of Purcell

17/10/201804/10/2018 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Purcell: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (harpsichord). Barbican Hall, London, 2.10.2018. (CC)

*Dido and Aeneas* – Caitlin Hulcup & Rowan Pierce (c) Mark Allan

Superb Production of Rigoletto from Northern Ireland Opera

10/01/201903/10/2018 by Robert Beattie

United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists and Chorus of Northern Ireland (NI) Opera, Ulster Orchestra / Gareth Hancock (conductor), Grand Opera House, Belfast, 30.10.2018. (RB)

Northern ireland Opera’s *Rigoletto* (c) Patrick Redmond

Pop-Up Opera’s Thought-Provoking Approach to La Tragédie de Carmen

17/10/201830/09/2018 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Bizet/Brook, La Tragédie de Carmen: Soloists of Pop-Up Opera / Berrak Dyer (musical director). Asylum Chapel, Peckham, London, 25.9.2018. (MB)

Pop-Up Opera’s *La Tragédie de Carmen* (c) Chloe Latchmore

McVicar’s Traviata for WNO Tells the Story Well and Moves an Audience as it Should

24/10/201825/09/2018 by Glyn Pursglove

United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.9.2018. (GPu)

Kang Wang (Alfredo) & Linda Richardson (Violetta). (c) Betina Skovbro

A Tosca of Belly Punching Power from Opera North

17/10/201824/09/2018 by John Leeman

United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Anthony Hermus (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 22.9.2018. (JL)

Giselle Allen (Tosca) & Rafael Rojas (Cavaradossi) (c) Richard H Smith

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