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Getting the band back together: Pappano leads The Royal Opera’s return to action

The Royal Opera: Live in Concert Royal Opera House, 5th September 2020 It’s déja vu all over again! The last work staged at the Royal Opera House before lockdown was La traviata, so it was somehow fitting that this Live … Continue reading

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Aleksandra Kurzak impresses in latest Covent Garden Traviata revival

Verdi: La traviata Royal Opera, 14th March 2020 Despite Violetta’s fragile health, Covent Garden Traviatas are made of sturdy stuff. Luchino Visconti’s 1967 production lasted nearly thirty years and Richard Eyre’s successor clocked up its 25th anniversary just before Christmas. … Continue reading

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Roberto Alagna brings up his century at The Royal Opera in Andrea Chénier revival

Giordano: Andrea Chénier Royal Opera, 20th May 2019 In cricketing terms, Roberto Alagna would be raising his bat triumphantly towards the Covent Garden pavilion. This opening night of Andrea Chénier chalked up the French-Sicilian tenor’s century, his hundredth performance with … Continue reading

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Herheim’s lavish Vêpres siciliennes returns to Covent Garden in triumphant style

Verdi: Les Vêpres siciliennes **** The Royal Opera, 12th October 2017 A mural depicting Etna erupting is the only hint of Sicily in Stefan Herheim’s opulent staging of Les Vêpres siciliennes, returning to Covent Garden for the first time since the Verdi … Continue reading

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Ekaterina Bakanova a touchingly fragile Violetta in Covent Garden Traviata

Verdi: La traviata *** The Royal Opera, 14th June 2017 Kasper Holten was right. The affable former Director of Opera always defended yet another run of Verdi’s La traviata at Covent Garden by arguing that for every regular operagoer jaded by seeing … Continue reading

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