| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-May-2012 National Theatre | An effervescent Figaro at the Bayerische Staatsoper |
 Although written many years before Rossini's The Barber of Seville, the story of The Marriage of Figaro is in fact the sequel to that of the later opera. This farcical masterpiece of the opera buffa style was the first of three operas Mozart worked on with the Italian librettist Lorenzo da Ponte and was a risky undertaking.Read full review... | |
| 26-Feb-2012 Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre | Bavarian State Opera: Così fan tutte at the Hong Kong Arts Festival |
 Wilfried Hösl_MG_7941.jpg) For its 40th anniversary, the Hong Kong Arts Festival chose Mozart’s Così fan tutte as its main opera offering. Whatever you may call it – opera buffa, comedy of manners, or “dramma giocoso” – Mozart’s lovely music makes Così fan tutte wonderful entertainment. That’s what the Bavarian State Opera delivered on Sunday afternoon to commemorate this important milestone of the Festival.
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| 12-Nov-2011 National Theatre | A sobering Hoffmann |
 One of the questions this opera poses for any director is how to link the 'tales' of Hoffmann's three lost loves together and knit them satisfactorily into the Prologue and Epilogue. For this new production which travels to English National Opera next February, Richard Jones solves the puzzle by turning it into an autobiographical journey which ends with a grand meet-up of all the characters Hoffmann has encountered.
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