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Russian double bill enthrals Glasgow with RCS’s neglected opera based on Pushkin and a sensational satirical hit

23/03/202323/03/2023 by Gregor Tassie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, César Cui, Elena Langer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / Lada Valešová (conductor). New Atheneum Theatre, Glasgow, 20.3.2023. (GT)

César Cui’s A Feast in Time of Plague © Duncan McGlynn

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Scottish Opera’s new Puccini triple bill is a triumph with an outstanding debut by soprano Sunyoung Seo

05/06/202317/03/2023 by Gregor Tassie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus (tenors and basses, Il trittico) and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor). Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 15.3.2023. (GT)

Scottish Opera’s Gianni Schicchi © James Glossop

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An imaginative presentation of Les Nuits d’Été

05/06/202317/03/2023 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berlioz, Les nuits d’éte (Summer Nights): Sinead O’Kelly (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Evans (piano), Cameron Menzies (creatives). Courtyard Theatre, Newtownabbey, 11.3.2023. (RB)

Sinead O’Kelly (c) Neil Harrison/NI Opera

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Opera North’s first Ariadne auf Naxos is positively ‘Comic, heroic and romantic’

05/06/202315/03/2023 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Orchestra of Opera North / Antony Hermus (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 10.3.2023. (MC)

Opera North’s Ariadne auf Naxos (Prologue) © Richard H. Smith

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Opera North’s Tosca revival certainly has the power to captivate an audience

05/06/202314/03/2023 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Gary Walker (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 9.3.2023. (MC)

Robert Hayward (Scarpia) and Giselle Allen (Tosca) © James Glossop

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Andrei Serban’s Covent Garden Turandot gets an often intriguing and absorbing last hurrah

05/06/202312/03/2023 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 10.3.2023. (MB)

The Royal Opera’s Turandot © Marc Brenner

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Opera North’s Vixen has stood the test of time and is a genuine treat for eyes and ears

05/06/202309/03/2023 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Orchestra of Opera North / Andrew Gourley (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford. 7.3.2023. (MC)

Opera North’s The Cunning Little Vixen © Tristram Kenton

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The Royal Opera’s new Rusalka is thought-provoking and achingly relevant in current times

24/02/2023 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dvořák, Rusalka (Bärenreiter Edition, ed. Robert Simon/Jonas Hájek): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 21.2.2023. (CC)

The Royal Opera’s Rusalka © Camilla Greenwell

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