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‘Magdelena Kožená is an ideal match as a suavely suited Fox, the mezzo’s voice as mellifluous as ever.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Hugo Shirley opera-now.com/content/review…

‘Conductor Stuart Stratford and the orchestra evoked a surreal timeless atmosphere bolstered by Shozan Hasegawa’s mesmerising breathy note-bending shakuhachi passages’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Susan Nickalls Full review: opera-now.com/content/review…

‘Mariotti is a master in this repertoire and conducted with great affection for Verdi’s score, highlighting the Tyrolean colouring and driving climaxes with spirit’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Mark Pullinger opera-now.com/content/review…

‘In their different ways both James Newby’s bottled-up, frequently verge-of-serious-anger Count and Liam James Karai’s more happy-go-lucky Figaro hit exactly the right vocal spots’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️George Hall opera-now.com/content/review…

‘Sebastian Fagerlund and Gunilla Hemming’s new opera presents a powerful snapshot of a society in the grip of sudden crisis’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Andrew Mellor opera-now.com/content/review…

‘There’s no arguing with the way Wilde and Culpajevs rise to Korngold’s sometimes outlandish vocal demands’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Hugo Shirley opera-now.com/content/review…

Ralph Fiennes takes his curtain call after making his opera directing debut @operadeparis

‘A stylish, faithful Onegin marks Ralph Fiennes’ opera directing debut’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Mark Pullinger opera-now.com/content/review…

⭐⭐⭐ 'Giacomo Sagripanti’s conducting was incredibly precise' ✍️Francis Muzzu opera-now.com/content/review…

'With singing this glorious, it’s wise to steer directorially clear' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ✍️Robert Levine opera-now.com/content/review…

‘The entire cast gives their all to this wacky piece of absurdist theatre’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️George Hall opera-now.com/content/review…

'The shining jewel(s) of this production are the performances both onstage and in the pit' ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Jonathan Whiting opera-now.com/content/review…

'The line between opera-goer and time-traveller is blurred' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Claire Jackson opera-now.com/content/review…

‘You’d have to be the Grinch not to enjoy it’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Mark Pullinger opera-now.com/content/review…

‘A whimsical yet grounded performance, showcasing the compelling creativity of the ensemble’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Lauren McQuistin Read the full review: opera-now.com/content/review…

'Grant Llewellyn conducted with style. The soloists were well-supported, the climax to each act was firmly constructed, particularly the balance between the six unaccompanied soloists and chorus in Act I' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ✍️Francis Muzzu Full review: opera-now.com/content/review…

‘I don’t think I’ve experienced a Handel opera where I’ve felt so invested in every character’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jonathan Whiting gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/revi…

‘A lot of love has clearly gone into preparing this production and it deserves the widest possible audience’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Mark Pullinger Full review: gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/revi…

‘A brilliant, thought-provoking and entertaining piece of music theatre’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Hugo Shirley Full review: gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/revi…