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Káťa Kabanová review – furtive groping and a wing-bloodied angel stalk flawed staging of Janáček’s opera

Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic in this finely sung but inconsistent revival of Damiano Michieletto’s 2021 production

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2025

Katya Kabanova at Glyndebourne: 'much to admire but doesn't quite deliver'

4/5 Full of caged birds and winged angels, this production is high on powerful symbolism but there’s something missing...

Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2025

Carmen review – Akhmetshina and Elder make this an outstanding evening

Damiano Michieletto’s staging gets its first revival with Aigul Akhmetshina returning to the title role with panache and conviction

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2025

The week in classical: Carmen; National Youth Chamber Choir/ OAE/Jeannin; LSO/ Roth review – from Habanera to doo-wop

Aigul Akhmetshina steals the show in Damiano Michieletto’s uneven new 70s-set Bizet. And in a good week for world premieres, four composers take on Handel while the London Symphony Orchestra channels death metal

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2024

Carmen at the Royal Opera review: where was the animal magnetism and dark underbelly of sexual passion?

The castanets, bullring and pelvic thrusting aren’t missed but the tightening and release of dramatic tension very much is

Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2024

Carmen review – Aigul Akhmetshina is electrifying in simmering, naturalistic staging

Conjuring the oppressive Mediterranean heat and the claustrophobia of a fraying close-knit community, Damiano Michieletto’s new production of Bizet’s tragedy is rich with drama and potent

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024

Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci review – compelling and compassionate theatre

Damiano Michieletto’s 2015 pairing of the two short operas returns for its third revival with a superb cast including Roberto Alagna, and carefully if sometimes solidly paced by Daniel Oren

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023