Opus Arte
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Special offer. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Olga Busuioc (Cio-Cio San), Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton), Michael Sumuel (Sharpless), Carlo Bosi (Goro), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki)
The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber, Annilese Miskimmon
Miskimmon’s updated concept for Glyndebourne gives new layers of resonance without compromising the original’s spirit…Guerrero is suitably handsome and has both a creamy voice that exudes tenderness... —
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Shakespeare: Henry IV
Donmar Warehouse
Harriet Walter (Henry IV), Sophie Stanton (Falstaff), Claire Dunne (Prince Hal), Jade Anouka (Hotspur), Jackie Clune (Westmoreland/ Glendower), Shiloh Coke (Mortimer), Karen Dunbar (Bardolph/Vernon)
Phyllida Lloyd
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
David Portillo (Tamino), Sofia Fomina (Pamina), Björn Bürger (Papageno), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne Chorus, Ryan Wigglesworth; Barbe & Doucet
In the first half, André Barbe’s exquisitely drawn and then enlarged interiors magic the eye, and the cut-out guests that people the hotel are a delight. But when we reach the trials in the... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Idomeneo
Eric Cutler (Idomeneo), David Portillo (Idamante), Anett Fritsch (Ilia), Eleonora Buratto (Elettra), Benjamin Hulett (Arbace), Oliver Johnston (High Priest), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Voice of Neptune), Teatro Real Chorus & Orchestra, Ivor Bolton
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William Shakespeare: Richard III
Arthur Hughes (Richard III), Rosie Sheehy (Anne), Ashley D Gayle (Edward VI), Kirsty Bushell (Queen Elizabeth), Ben Hall (Clarence), Nicholas Armfield (Earl of Richmond/Henry VII), Jamie Wilkes (Buckingham), Claire Benedict (Duchess of York), Minnie Gale (Margaret), Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory...
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Special offer. Rossini: La scala di seta
Daniele Zanfardino (Dormont), Olga Peretyatko (Giulia), Anna Malavasi (Lucilla), José Manuel Zapata (Dorvil), Carlo Lepore (Blansac) & Paolo Bordogna (Germano)
Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, Claudio Scimone (conductor) & Damiano Michieletto (stage director)
The cast is uniformly good. With her film-star looks and shiny top register, Olga Peretyatko has a lot of fun as Giulia, Carlo Lepore shows off as the vacuous Blansac, Jose Manuel Zapata makes... —
