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The week in classical: Tosca; Gloriana review – made in Britain

The sensational Freddie De Tommaso soars alongside Natalya Romaniw in a catch-it-while-you-can Tosca

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022

Tosca review – British pairing make this a Tosca to treasure

With Freddie De Tommaso, Natalya Romaniw and Erwin Schrott in the lead roles this revival of Jonathan Kent’s sure-footed staging of Puccini’s opera is in very good hands

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Otello at Royal Opera House: Russell Thomas is Covent Garden’s first black singer in the role

Russell Thomas had striking stage presence in this revival of Keith Warner’s production

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022

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A knight’s tale: Brindley Sherratt on the stamina and storytelling of Wagner’s Parsifal

The bass is singing Gurnemanz in Wagner’s epic final opera. How do you get to grips with the challenges of such a demanding role – and still not get the best dressing room?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2022

The week in classical: Parsifal; Eugene Onegin; Scriabin: Poems of Ecstasy and Fire

Opera North’s new Wagner production is one to remember; OHP take on Tchaikovsky’s perfect opera; and Bold Tendencies go to town with Scriabin’s synaesthesia

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022

The week in classical: Lohengrin; The Paradis Files

An exemplary revival brings David Alden’s 2018 Wagner production into sharp focus. And an overlooked contemporary of Mozart’s is celebrated by Errollyn Wallen

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2022

Lohengrin review – powerful and prescient production strips Wagner’s opera of its romance

A revival of David Alden’s war-torn staging of Wagner’s early opera finds disturbing new resonance with current events; in the pit Jakub Hrůša has an unerring sense of the work’s structure

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2022

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