Vivid nostalgia
The Cunning Little Vixen, Irish National Opera, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
All’s fair in love
Così fan tutte, English National Opera, Coliseum
An austere opera
Boris Godunov, Royal Opera
Show me what love is
Don Giovanni, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Bring on the dinosaurs
For hardcore old opera buffers, there are still a few places of refuge
No laughing matter
Ariodante, Royal Opera
Expensive thrills
Turandot, Royal Opera
Relationship status: it’s complicated
Partenope, English National Opera, Coliseum
Case closed
The Makropulos Case, Royal Opera
Nun gives new opera mass appeal
Heggie’s secret in Dead Man Walking is that operatic music doesn’t actually have to be much good
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