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Comic strip Trovatore a damp squib at the Royal Opera

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Il trovatore ** The Royal Opera, 4th December 2016 “Do you really want to see Trovatore on the stage with that story? Really?!” exclaimed Antonio Pappano to me recently. I can’t be sure the Music Director of the Royal … Continue reading →

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Sumptuously designed, but is this Rigoletto a ‘keeper’?

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Rigoletto *** English National Opera, 13th February 2014 The final revival in 2009 of Jonathan Miller’s Little Italy mafioso production of Rigoletto, a classic at English National Opera since it opened in 1982, was my first Opera Britannia review. … Continue reading →

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