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Australian soprano Helena Dix is honoured by fine fellow singers, but not her conductor
Striking design and clear concept, but the intensity within comes and goes
A well-skippered Wagnerian voyage between fantasy and realism
Asmik Grigorian takes all three soprano leads in a near-perfect ensemble
A Faust that smuggles its damnation under theatrical spectacle and excess
Welcome opportunity to catch opera-ballet, though not everything is in perfect focus
Incandescent singing and playing, but the production domesticates the numinous
Giulio Cesare, The English Concert, Bicket, Barbican review - 10s across the board in perfect Handel
When you get total musicality from everyone involved, there’s nothing better
Janáček’s wacky space-and-time-travel opera glows and grips in every bar
Telemann’s comic opera hits the mark thanks to two fine, well-directed young singers
Kosky, Pappano and their singers soar on both wings of Wagner’s double tragedy
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