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The week in classical: Aida; Candide; Manchester Collective: Weather – review

Verdi’s music reigns supreme in the Royal Opera’s austere new staging of Aida; a community Bernstein production raises the roof; and a cult 90s work has never felt more timely

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: La Traviata; Salome; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason & the Philharmonia – review

NI Opera’s excellent new Verdi production went straight to the heart, while Royal Opera’s Strauss revival failed to ignite. Plus, the next star Kanneh-Mason…

The Guardian - UK

Salome review – lethal desires and emotional extremism

Alexander Soddy made an auspicious Royal Opera debut with his wonderful conducting of this revival of David McVicar’s staging: a tragedy of horrifying power

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The Blue Woman review – tensely atmospheric opera of violence on women

Four singers, four cellists and an actor walking Sarah Everard’s final route combine in Katie Mitchell’s not-quite-hopeful production

The Guardian - UK

Beyond black and yellowface: how opera can address prejudice

Madama Butterfly is one of many landmark works to embody offensive beliefs – but there are sensitive ways new productions can tackle these without cancelling them

The Guardian - UK

Anne Howells obituary

Opera singer with a remarkable theatrical presence once described as ‘the Cleopatra of the lyric stage’

The Guardian - UK

Royal Opera stages Madama Butterfly with changes to respect Japanese culture

Revival of Puccini classic seeks to be ‘both true to the spirit of the original and authentic in its representation’

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The week in classical: Samson et Dalila; Lise Davidsen & Freddie De Tommaso with James Baillieu

Strength comes in many forms in the Royal Opera’s revelatory new Samson et Dalila; and two star singers in the ascendant hit all the high notes

The Guardian - UK

Samson et Dalila review – Saint-Saëns’ opera has style and a new star in SeokJong Baek

Richard Jones’ vibrant new production can’t compensate for the work’s dramatic weaknesses, but soloists and chorus alike are on top form, and conductor Antonio Pappano relishes the score’s melodiousness

The Guardian - UK

Mavra/Pierrot Lunaire review – blancmanges, bin bags and drag as double bill probes gender

The Royal Opera’s unusual pairing of two modernist works boasts an outstanding lead in Alexandra Lowe as Pierrot Lunaire, and plenty of imaginative touches elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Lohengrin review – powerful and prescient production strips Wagner’s opera of its romance

A revival of David Alden’s war-torn staging of Wagner’s early opera finds disturbing new resonance with current events; in the pit Jakub Hrůša has an unerring sense of the work’s structure

The Guardian - UK

Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House review: Deborah Warner’s production is evocative and theatrical

The director evokes neglected contemporary estuary towns in her new version of the coastal tragedy

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