| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 2-Mar-2013 Hackney Empire | A frivolous Così fan tutte: English Touring Opera at Hackney Empire |
 Mozart’s Così fan tutte is a comic opera filled with deceit, disguises and betrayal, all carried along by a breathtaking score and witty lyrics. What better way to start ETO’s Spring 2013 season than with a new rendering of this timeless work, in a brilliantly clever English translation by Martin Fitzpatrick. The curtain rose to reveal a simple, minimalistic set, designed by Samal Blak, who is the combined set and costume designer for all three of ETO’s operas this season.Read full review... | |
| 27-Oct-2012 Theatre Royal | Scottish Opera's steampunk Magic Flute delights |
 Following acclaimed productions at Scottish Opera of The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville, recently revived, Thomas Allen returns to Glasgow to direct The Magic Flute. Taking inspiration from the city’s famed boisterous music hall history, the collections of William Hunter and his own childhood images of the shipyards on the Wear, Allen’s theme is Victorian industrial with a modern twist of steampunk.
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| 20-Sep-2010 The London Coliseum | Janáček's Makropulos Case - it's a fairy tale, but not as we know it |
 In Janáček's opera The Makropulos Case, the operagoer must accept a single premise of implausible fantasy: from then on, the action flows inexorably and logically to its conclusion. It's a device used by a great deal of fantasy literature, from the low-brow of The Day of the Triffids to the high-brow of Janáček's compatriot Kafka's Metamorphosis. In The Makropulos Case, the device is deployed with great theatrical power.
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