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MYSTERIOUS: English touring opera - What They Never Told You

Pagliacci review – Leoncavallo’s grand guignol staged with insight and commitment

Nineteenth-century verismo becomes 21st-century psychodrama, as English Touring Opera dramatise this tawdry tale of jealousy and violence with a keen eye for the dramatic image

The Guardian - UK

The Gondoliers review – brilliantly barbed Gilbert and Sullivan is a feast for the eyes and ears

Contemporary resonances abound in English Touring Opera’s gloriously choreographed and costumed period production: a masterclass in clarity over chaos, performed with boundless enthusiasm

The Guardian - UK

The Elixir of Love review – an intoxicating brush with a snake oil salesman

English Touring Opera’s witty production sets this Donizetti comedy at the seaside, complete with donkey rides, fish and chips and a persuasive conman

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The Snowmaiden review – crystalline singing brings elemental folktale to life

Ffion Edwards plays the daughter of Spring Beauty and Grandfather Frost in English Touring Opera’s ambitious staging of Rimsky-Korsakov’s time-stopping romance

The Guardian - UK

Blond Eckbert review – Judith Weir’s bare-bones opera kicks off Aldeburgh festival

Despite excellent performances from the singers and chamber ensemble, this stripped-back version of the folkloric opera failed to convey the horror of its story

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Magic Flute; Manon Lescaut review – the trials of love

The anarchy and invention of Simon McBurney’s Mozart production triumphs as ENO plays on; Puccini gets a rough ride at English Touring Opera. Plus, the pros and cons of Radio 3’s new schedule

The Guardian - UK

Manon Lescaut review – Puccini’s desert tragedy gets a surreal rainbow revamp

Jude Christian’s staging for English Touring Opera is colourful and imaginative but lacks critical chemistry and coherence

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The week in classical: Under the Little Red Moon; Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch; Rigoletto – review

An ‘opera for tinies’ captivates its target audience; the mezzo of the moment dazzles at Oxford’s renamed song festival; and Oliver Mears’s #MeToo Verdi still resonates

The Guardian - UK

Cinderella review – entertaining if odd spin on Rossini’s opera

Jenny Ogilvie grafts a wacky ‘Night at the Museum’ concept onto the fairytale in this new production for English Touring Opera. Conductor Naomi Woo’s speeds are brisk to the point of breathlessness

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Tosca; Ottone review – faith and fantasy

Christof Loy digs for psychological depth in ENO’s time-shifting new Puccini production, while English Touring Opera’s autumn Handelfest gets off to a sparkling start

The Guardian - UK

La Bohème by English Touring Opera at Hackney Empire review - see this for the singing

The music works beautifully in this revival, though the production feels cluttered and messy at times

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