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Rolando Villazón directs opera at the world's top houses while still singing

Tenor Rolando Villazón has made his Metropolitan Opera directing debut with Bellini's “La Sonnambula.”

The Independent UK

The Elixir of Love review – an intoxicating brush with a snake oil salesman

The Elixir of Love review – an intoxicating brush with a snake oil salesman

English Touring Opera’s witty production sets this Donizetti comedy at the seaside, complete with donkey rides, fish and chips and a persuasive conman

The Guardian - UK

Lucia di Lammermoor review – Jennifer France is a delight in touching and convincing Donizetti staging

Lucia di Lammermoor review – Jennifer France is a delight in touching and convincing Donizetti staging

The unforced warmth of France’s heroine wins the audience’s sympathy from the outset in Cecilia Stinton’s thoughtful new staging of the bel canto bloodbath

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Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Holland Park review: the chorus is stiff but the leads soar

3/5 Jennifer France negotiates Donizetti’s exorbitant vocal demands with a blend of control and fearlessness that is wholly persuasive

Evening Standard

The week in classical: The Elixir of Love; Septura; Bone-Afide – review

Donizetti’s sparkling romcom is on a wartime footing in ENO’s sitcom-style new production. And in a great week for brass premieres, enter 22 trombones…

The Guardian - UK

The Elixir of Love at London Coliseum review: bold, comic and full of sparkle

4/5 This winning reworking of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore is suffused with energy

Evening Standard

The Elixir of Love review – Donizetti’s romcom staged as second world war sitcom is hugely enjoyable

Set among land girls and flying aces Harry Fehr’s new staging is a lot of fun, with Thomas Atkins making a fine ENO debut and Rhian Lois a terrific lady of the manor

The Guardian - UK

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Lucia di Lammermoor review – a vocally breathtaking, disturbing to witness descent into madness

Lucia di Lammermoor review – a vocally breathtaking, disturbing to witness descent into madness

Nadine Sierra is sensationally good as Lucia in this revival of Katie Mitchell’s production of Donizetti’s romantic tragedy – a dark, thoughtful and sometimes shocking interpretation for the post-#MeToo era

The Guardian - UK

L’Elisir d’Amore review – Glyndebourne takes Donizetti into the 1950s with wit and charm

L’Elisir d’Amore review – Glyndebourne takes Donizetti into the 1950s with wit and charm

A strong cast and gleeful chorus enliven this revival of Annabel Arden’s insightful production, which plays up the opera’s irony

The Guardian - UK

Lucrezia Borgia review – dark and atmospheric Donizetti from English Touring Opera

Lucrezia Borgia review – dark and atmospheric Donizetti from English Touring Opera

Eloise Lally straightforwardly tells this convoluted story of concealed identity ending in a mass poisoning

The Guardian - UK

Don Pasquale review – stunning take on Donizetti with a Dangerous Liaisons-style twist

Don Pasquale review – stunning take on Donizetti with a Dangerous Liaisons-style twist

Sensational performances help Mariame Clément’s interpretation achieve great emotional depth and subtlety

The Guardian - UK

Buxton festival review – cowboys, canines and note-perfect farce

Buxton festival review – cowboys, canines and note-perfect farce

Antony and Cleopatra conspired in a budget hotel and Donizetti’s slapstick triumphed in a glorious return of the opera pageant

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Don Pasquale; Holst’s Sāvitri

The week in classical: Don Pasquale; Holst’s Sāvitri

The charms of Donizetti’s comic opera continue to elude, while a Holst rarity shines in an elegant fusion of music and movement

The Guardian - UK

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