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The week in classical: Il segreto di Susanna/Pagliacci; Spring Snow; Giorgi Gigashvili – review

A double bill of jealous minds moves from visceral tragedy to the joyfully comic, while Schubert and kabuki find surprising parallels

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024

Il Segreto di Susanna/Pagliacci at Opera Holland Park review: a double bill that leans into the light and dark

The first opera may outstay it’s welcome somewhat but the second is frighteningly intense and winningly lyrical

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2024

Il Segreto di Susanna/Pagliacci review – a double whammy of sexual jealousy

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s barbed 1909 comedy Il Segreto di Susanna feels like a Noël Coward play set to music, while Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci is a powerful story of a woman’s murder by an abusive partner

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024