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A nursery tale with the master’s own music in its bones, Hansel and Gretel, Longborough Festival Opera @lfotweet operascene.co.uk/reviews/a-n…

A nursery tale with the master’s own music in its bones, Hansel and Gretel, Longborough Festival...

**** It is a rare and rather wonderful thing to watch a company reveal a familiar work almost from the inside out, and that is what Longborough has done with Hansel and Gretel. This is the house th…

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CRITIQUE, festival. WORMSLEY, Garsington Opera, le 10 juillet 2026. BARRY : The Importance of Being Earnest. J. France, H. Waddington, S. Boylan @scene_opera classiquenews.com/critique-f… via @ClassiqueNews
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There is a particular pleasure in watching Welsh singers in clever and enjoyable productions. asiw.co.uk/welsh-performer-r… via @ArtsSceneWales

Welsh singers delight at West Green House Opera's Tosca - Art Scene in Wales

Welsh singers delight at West Green House Opera's Tosca

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CRITIQUE, festival. BLANDFORD FORUM, Dorset Opera Festival (Coade Theatre), le 21 juillet 2026. DONIZETTI : L’Elisir d’amore. H. Hong, J. Broadhurst, J. Eyers, A. Smith… Andy Morton / Frank Zielhorst @operascene classiquenews.com/critique-f… via @ClassiqueNews
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Barry and Furness' Wilde is a country house opera romp and that’s the trouble, Garsington Opera @GarsingtonOpera operascene.co.uk/reviews/bar…

Barry and Furness’ Wilde is a country house opera romp and that’s the trouble, Garsington Opera

★★★ Mike Smith I cannot remember the last time a Garsington audience laughed this hard for this long. People around me were in tears, a man two seats away applauded a smashed dinner plate, and by t…

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CRITIQUE, festival. BLANDFORD FORUM, Dorset Opera Festival (Coade Theatre), le 21 juillet 2026. DONIZETTI : L’Elisir d’amore. H. Hong, J. Broadhurst, J. Eyers, A. Smith… Andy Morton / Frank Zielhorst @scene_opera classiquenews.com/critique-f… via @ClassiqueNews
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CRITIQUE, festival. HORSLEY, Grange Park Opera, le 10 juillet 2026. WAGNER : Das Rheingold. J. Rutherford, R. Nicholls, D. Stout, M. Rose… Charlie Edwards / Harry Sever classiquenews.com/critique-f… via @ClassiqueNews
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West Green House Opera Tosca in gorgeous setting – at Hartley Wintney, England
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Sam Furness joins soprano Mari Wyn Williams for West Green House Opera’s Tosca.There is a particular kind of nerve required... asiw.co.uk/reviews/two-welsh… via @ArtsSceneWales

Two Welsh voices, one Roman thriller: Sam Furness sings Cavaradossi at West Green House Opera - Art...

Sam Furness joins soprano Mari Wyn Williams for West Green House Opera’s Tosca. There is a particular kind of nerve...

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CRITIQUE, festival. HORSLEY, Grange Park Opera, le 10 juillet 2026. WAGNER : Das Rheingold. J. Rutherford, R. Nicholls, D. Stout, M. Rose… Charlie Edwards / Harry Sever @grangeparkopera classiquenews.com/critique-f… via @ClassiqueNews
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Importance of Being Earnest at @GarsingtonOpera. Directed by Jack Furness. – at Stokenchurch, England
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Laugh out loud social comedy at Chapter with Everyman Theatre: God of Carnage. Must now watch CARNAGE, the film with Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet to see if it is half as good. This Everyman show is 90 mins of great entertainment. Grab a ticket. @everymancdf
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An audience stunned into silence at the end of Longborough Opera Tristan and Isolde before exploding into applause @lfotweet
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Il ritorno d’Ulisse, Garsington Opera at Wormsley

★★★★★ Il ritorno d’Ulisse is probably the hardest of Monteverdi’s surviving works to bring off on a contemporary stage. First heard during Venice’s 1639–40 carnival season, Ulisse is now call…

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Fly cruise for that special Med feeling thatstripical.com/fly-cruise… via @rtb1206

Fly cruise for that special Med feeling - That's Tripical

On joining a Fred Olsen cruise, what struck us straight away was how it made us feel special. Whether it was the restaurant waiters and bar staff, the cabin stewardesses, the entertainment team or...

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*** There’s always a danger, when adapting something as taut and psychologically airless as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold @theCentre asiw.co.uk/reviews/the-spy-w… via @ArtsSceneWales

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, WMC - Art Scene in Wales

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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it is nice to see that particular kind of magic remains alive and well in this latest incarnation. @PriscillaTourUK @theCentre asiw.co.uk/reviews/priscilla… via @ArtsSceneWales

Priscilla Queen of the Desert, WMC - Art Scene in Wales

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

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Critique, opéra. CARDIFF, Welsh National Opera, le 16 avril 2026. WAGNER : Der Fliegende Holländer. Simon Bailey, Rachel Nicholls, James Cresswell… Tomas Hanus / Jack Furness classiquenews.com/critique-o… via @ClassiqueNews
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Can't help wondering whether spending money on rebranding, posters and fancy videos when there isn't enough money to tour sends the right message for people to get behind @WelshNatOpera and oppose @Arts_Wales_ @ace_national cuts
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*** Welsh National Opera’s latest staging of The Flying Dutchman continues a now-familiar operatic vogue: the displacement of the titular... asiw.co.uk/reviews/senta-tak… via @ArtsSceneWales

Senta takes the wheel, The Flying Dutchman, WNO, WMC - Art Scene in Wales

Welsh National Opera’s latest staging of The Flying Dutchman continues a now-familiar operatic vogue: the displacement of the titular male figure in favour of a focus on the female lead.

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