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Shorn of excess exoticism: Ailyn Bozok’s Lakmé at Holland Park

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Delibes: Lakmé *** Opera Holland Park, 9th July 2015 Ailyn Bozok is used to working on limited means. Her Grimeborn Werther last summer – done with a piano, a handful of singers and a few drapes – was a model of minimalism yet … Continue reading →

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Fright at the Museum: Slater’s Aida flops at Holland Park

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Aida ** Opera Holland Park, 24th June 2015 Third time unlucky? After a scorching start to the summer, with superb productions of Il trittico and Flight, Opera Holland Park’s season came unstuck with a horror of a show in … Continue reading →

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Taking wing: Dove’s Flight a soaring success for Opera Holland Park

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Dove: Flight ***** Opera Holland Park, 10th June 2015 Flight represents a brave new departure for Opera Holland Park. Jonathan Dove’s tale of airport life, which first took to the skies at Glyndebourne in 1998, is the first contemporary opera … Continue reading →

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A cherry ripe L’amico Fritz at Opera Holland Park

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Mark Pullinger

Mascagni: L’amico Fritz Opera Holland Park, 10th June 2011 “In the course of my life I’ve read very, very many bad librettos, but I’ve never read such an idiotic one as this.” That was Giuseppe Verdi responding to the libretto … Continue reading →

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