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a group of performers including some bare-chested circus performers on stage in a scene from Opera Queensland and Circa's world premiere production of 'Orpheus & Eurydice', 2019. The back white wall has THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE in red scrawled across it.
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Opera Queensland and Circa’s Orpheus & Eurydice set for European premiere at Edinburgh International Festival

The critically acclaimed production, created by Opera Queensland and Circa and presented by Edinburgh International Festival and Opera Australia, unites…

An orchestra is in the background. In the foreground a woman is standing in front of a desk. Two men are standing between her, The one on the right is wielding a small knife. A scene from Opera North's staged concert version of Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra'.
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Opera review: Simon Boccanegra, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank London

Opera North gives a masterclass in operatic concert staging.

The cast of 'Stiletto' on stage in period costume.
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Musical review: Stiletto, Charing Cross Theatre

A powerful new addition to the musical theatre canon has its world premiere in London.

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Taking tea with an opera villain – Scott Wilde

The multi-talented and highly experienced bass may look formidable, but prefers to keep all the drama on the stage...

In a grimy kitchen set a bald headed man sits at a table stroking a cut throat razor, while a messy woman in an apron looks on. Sweeney Todd.
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Music theatre review: Sweeney Todd, Komische Oper Berlin, Schiller Theatre Berlin

Stephen Sondheim’s dark and juicy tale of dastardly baking and tragedy is relished by director Barrie Kosky.

Against a stark white wall, four actors from 'The Marriage of Figaro': Cody Quattlebaum, Hanna Hipp, Hubert Francis and Mary Bevan are huddled up close together.
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Opera review: The Marriage of Figaro, London Coliseum

The English National Opera sets Mozart’s classic opera buffa in a stark white box.

The London Symphony Orchestra with a singer in a violet gown.
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Opera review: La rondine, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Centre

Sensuous singing illuminates Puccini’s lesser-known and less flamboyant operetta.

The cast of 'The Pirates of Penzance' aboard a ship, with rigging.
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Opera review: The Pirates of Penzance, London Coliseum

'Take heart, fair days will shine' in this feel-good operetta.

In the production of 'M. Butterfly', a singer, Kangmin Justin Kim, is dressed in a red and white kimono. She is facing Mark Stone, who is wearing a white jacket suit.
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Opera review: M. Butterfly, The Barbican

The UK premiere performance of Huang Ruo’s modern opera receives a mixed reception.

A street scene in the production of 'La bohème'. In the foreground is a man on a bicycle carrying some white balloons. There are crowds of people around him. English National Opera production.
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Opera review: La bohème, London Coliseum

Jonathan Miller's acclaimed production of Puccini’s much loved opera returns to mark the centenary of the composer's death.

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