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‘The entire cast gives their all to this wacky piece of absurdist theatre’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️George Hall https://t.co/35TtMkua4H
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'The shining jewel(s) of this production are the performances both onstage and in the pit' ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Jonathan Whiting https://t.co/TghdMn1qlB
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'The line between opera-goer and time-traveller is blurred' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Claire Jackson https://t.co/daTEnAjEGR
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‘You’d have to be the Grinch not to enjoy it’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Mark Pullinger https://t.co/7Uu8wDbmUp
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‘A whimsical yet grounded performance, showcasing the compelling creativity of the ensemble’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Lauren McQuistin Read the full review: https://t.co/WxyWR5PtNa
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'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: https://t.co/oci1SIpxMe
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‘I don’t think I’ve experienced a Handel opera where I’ve felt so invested in every character’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jonathan Whiting https://t.co/jnQBleuyC6
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‘A lot of love has clearly gone into preparing this production and it deserves the widest possible audience’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Mark Pullinger Full review: https://t.co/lVHG2DBMhf
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‘A brilliant, thought-provoking and entertaining piece of music theatre’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Hugo Shirley Full review:
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Founded in 1950 with Colin Davis on the podium, Chelsea Opera Group marks its 75th anniversary with a season that reflects both its illustrious past and its commitment to the future of opera. #ad For the full story head to our website: https://t.co/dwxDx32ZYU
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Calixto Bieito’s new Ring for the Opéra de Paris will culminate in two unmissable ‘festival’ cycles in November 2026! #ad
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‘It’s a grand, generous show, and whatever one feels about Shostakovich’s version…there’s no doubting Thomas Guggeis’s commitment to it’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Hugo Shirley Full review:
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'Sabina Bisholt is a lustrous Elsa and skillfully catches the character’s sense of willful belief in the face of disorientating events' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Andrew Mellor Full review: https://t.co/XpdZxmuf4W
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‘With the exception of a crowd-pleasing – and much appreciated – ‘choo choo’, the onomatopoeic references were more subtle, rendered in clackety-clack rhythms’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Claire Jackson Full review:
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‘Director Katie Mitchell signs off in style with this, her final opera production. But it also marks a promising new beginning, just Jakub Hrůša’s second opera as Music Director at Covent Garden’ ✍️Gavin Dixon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Full review:
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In an era when political leaders have taken to mocking empathy itself as weakness, this Parsifal felt like quiet resistance – music insisting on its own humanity. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Thomas May Full review:
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‘It’s not like any other opera, but this production is faithful to the ideologies that fueled its creation and gives you a lot to think about’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️ Jonathan Whiting Full review:
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‘Lotte de Beer entrusted this new staging to fellow Dutch director Nina Spijkers and there are many things she gets right. Unfortunately, these are outweighed by other factors’ ⭐️⭐️ ✍️Mark Pullinger: Full review:
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‘MusikTheater an der Wien’s programme book cover features an arresting image of a bat moving in to kill a moth. Undoubtedly, Herheim’s provocative Fledermaus has fangs.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Mark Pullinger https://t.co/nMYx1DLHLI
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'There's a lot to get your teeth into and Handel’s music doesn’t disappoint' ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ✍️Jonathan Whiting Full review here: https://t.co/kdn0wY5p2n
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