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Pelléas et Mélisande review – Longborough’s staging is accomplished and atmospheric

Anthony Negus is attentive to the subtleties of Debussy’s translucent score, and, matched by Jenny Ogilvie’s darkly mysterious production, this makes for one of the most successful shows Longborough festival has ever mounted

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

Carmen review – a triumph over adversity as cover singers save the day

Mathilde López’s modern-day Carmen captures the insouciance of the character despite the absence of much of the original cast

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2022

Siegfried review – heft and heroics as Longborough again proves its Wagner chops

With a strong cast including Bradley Daley, Paul Carey Jones’s Wotan and Julieth Lozano’s delightful Woodbird, any weaknesses in the staging were more than compensated for

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022