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Lovely European Premiere of Schnyder’s Yardbird at the English National Opera

18/06/201713/06/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schnyder, Yardbird: Soloists, Members of the Orchestra of English National Opera / Clark Rundell. Hackney Empire, London, 9.6.2017. (CC)

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ENO’s Yardbird with Lawrence Brownlee (Charlie Parker) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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Categories Opera & Ballet, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London Leave a comment

ETO’s Tosca Draws you into a Stifling Environment of Unease and Fear

18/06/201713/06/2017 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Ensemble and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire. 10.6.2017. (MC)

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ETO’s Tosca – Craig Smith (Scarpia) & Paula Sides (Tosca) © Richard Hubert Smith

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An Outstanding, Powerful Jenůfa at Grange Park Opera

18/06/201713/06/2017 by Valeria Vescina

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, Jenůfa: Soloists and Chorus of Grange Park Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra / William Lacey (conductor), Grange Park Opera, West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley, 11.6.2017. (VV)

Jenufa – Leos Janacek - Grange Park Opera at West Horsley Place - 11th June 2017, Conductor – William Lacey, Director – Katie Mitchell, Revival Director – Robin Tebbutt, Designer – Vicki Mortimer, Lighting Design – Paul Keogan, Jenufa: Natalya Romaniw, Kostelnicka: Susan Bullock,
Susan Bullock (Kostelnička) & Natalya Romaniw (Jenůfa) (c) Robert Workman

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Fine Frocks and Farce in WNO’s Entertaining and Musically-Successful Fledermaus

12/06/201709/06/2017 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 20.5.2017. (GPu)

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Mark Stone (Eisenstein) and Mary-Elizabeth Williams (Rosalinde)
(c) Bill Cooper

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Opera Holland Park’s Highly Imaginative Production of Don Giovanni

12/06/201707/06/2017 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart – Don Giovanni:  Soloists, Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / Dane Lam (Conductor), Opera Holland Park, London, 3.6.2017. (RB)

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Ashley Riches (Don Giovanni) with members of the cast © Robert Workman

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Handel’s Semele at Garsington: Unusual Production, Glorious Performance

02/07/201707/06/2017 by Curtis Rogers

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Semele: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Jonathan Cohen (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, Buckinghamshire, 3.6.2017. (CR)

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Heidi Stober (Semele) and Christine Rice ( Juno) in Semele © Johan Persson

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Garsington Opera’s Rough-edged yet Consistent Interpretation of Le nozze di Figaro

02/07/201706/06/2017 by Curtis Rogers

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Douglas Boyd, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 2.6.2017. (CR)

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Jennifer France (Susanna) & Joshua Bloom (Figaro) in Le nozze di Figaro (c) Mark Douet

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Scottish Opera’s Romantic Reimagining of La bohème

09/06/201701/06/2017 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 31.5.2017. (SRT)

Jeanine De Bique (Musetta) and the chorus of La bohème. Scottish Opera 2017. Credit Sally Jubb
Jeanine De Bique (Musetta) in Scottish Opera’s La bohème (c) Sally Jubb

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  • Atmospheric and engaging exploration of the language of birds at LSO St Luke’s (09/09/2026) __________________________________
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