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I Puritani review – Oropesa dazzles in Jones’s engaging Bellini staging

Bellini’s tale of Roundheads vs Cavaliers requires vocal gymnastics on an Olympic scale. Lisette Oropesa rises effortlessly to the challenge in Richard Jones’s detailed new production

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1

Met Opera slashes season to lowest in 60 years amid financial strain

The Metropolitan Opera cut back its 2026-27 season due to a tight budget, even as ticket sales improved slightly

The Independent UK · Feb 19

Lisette Oropesa shines in Met's 'I Puritani' and earns praise from Peter Gelb

Lisette Oropesa impresses Metropolitan Opera's Peter Gelb with her talent and intellect

The Independent UK · Jan 6

Met Opera to double cast Verdi and Puccini, as well as shift contemporary works from Saturdays

The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away from Saturdays at the recommendation of a consultant trying to boost the company’s finances

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2025

Bafta viewers praise David Tennant’s second stint as host: ‘This is how you open an awards show’

The ‘Doctor Who’ star stunned crowds in a kilt

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2025

David Tennant mocks ‘villain’ Donald Trump at Bafta awards

‘I’m worried. I’ve said his name three times’ joked Tennant

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2025

Tomato and basilica: in Conclave, Stanley Tucci plays Stanley Tucci – and I couldn’t be happier

Thanks to his books, travel shows and TikToks, it’s impossible to see the actor as anything other than a classy sophisticate. So go on, Cardinal Bellini, fix us a cocktail

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025

Conclave: tight thriller about Vatican power politics chimes with a year of elections

A largely faithful adaptation of Robert Harris’s 2016 novel, Edward Berger’s Conclave narrates the election of a new pope after the sudden death of the pontiff.

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2024

Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes shines as papal election results in high-camp gripper

Fiennes is broodingly compelling as a potential English pope caught up in murky Vatican intrigue around choosing the next pontiff

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2024

Conclave review: Ralph Fiennes is Oscar-worthy astonishing

5/5 Edward Berger’s account of cardinals battling to be the new Pope is a thrilling succession story, and Ralph Fiennes is simply hypnotic

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024