| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2012 Barbican Centre: Hall | Gerald Barry's The Importance of Being Earnest at the Barbican |
 The Importance of Being Earnest is Gerald Barry’s fourth full-length opera; his previous three have set texts much more at home in the opera world than this ambitious libretto from Wilde’s famous play. I approached this concert staging of the work with intrigue, but not a little trepidation – setting a text like this is bold and ensures bums on seats, but has its fair share of pitfalls, although Barry, mostly, avoids them.
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| 5-Aug-2011 Holland Park Theatre | Catalani's La Wally - a hard hitting verismo gem |
| Alfredo Catalani's La Wally is the last of three rarely performed Italian operas from the late 19th century verismo period to feature in Opera Holland Park's 2011 season. Catalani belongs to group of composers whose place in the modern repertoire suffers from the problem of "not being Puccini," the more poignantly since he was born in Puccini's home town of Lucca.
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