| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2011 National Theatre | More Bieito than Beethoven: Fidelio at the Bayerische Staatsoper |
 Beethoven took over nine years to write and edit Fidelio, his only opera. It tells the story of Leonore, whose husband Florestan is being illegally held in prison. She disguises herself as a man, Fidelio, and gets a job in the prison in an attempt to save him. Over the course of its creation it turned from a three-act opera into a two-act one, changed its name, and went through four separate overtures!Read full review... | |
| 18-Oct-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Ghostly ships and demonic captains ahoy: Der Fliegende Holländer at Covent Garden |
 As The Flying Dutchman nears its close, the crew of Daland's ship are celebrating their safe homecoming and yelling at the Dutchman's unseen crew to join them. To their horror, they realise that they have indeed woken the dead: the Dutchman's crew are ghosts who have wandered the oceans for centuries: the storms cannot burst their sails for they are protected by Satan.
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