Mark Davoren

Andréa Chenier – Metropolitan Opera

Nicolas Joël’s staging of Umberto Giordano’s epic verismo opera of revolution and forbidden love is brought back to life by…

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Tannhäuser – Sofia Opera and Ballet, Bulgaria

This summer’s Sofia Opera Wagner Festival was bookended by performances of Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser so it was fitting to see…

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Medea – Ivan Vazov National Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria

Cheek by Jowl do what they do best as director Declan Donnellan and designer Nick Ormerod thrust us into the…

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The Tempest – Ivan Vazov National Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria

The term legacy is often over used but the work of experimental theatre director Robert Wilson who sadly passed away…

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Arabella – The Metropolitan Opera

Dylan Evans’ revival of Otto Schenk’s masterpiece brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th Century Vienna back to the Met…

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Susanna – The Lowry

Director Olivia Fuchs and Choreographer Marcus Jarrell Willis combine perfectly with this fourth major collaboration between Opera North and Phoenix…

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La Bohème – The Lowry

Phyllida Lord’s classic production, designed by Anthony Ward, is one of the longest running at Opera North having been in…

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La Bohème – The Metropolitan Opera

Mirabelle Ordinaire’s revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s rich and sumptuous 1981 production is epic on every level, as it visualises the…

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La Fille mal gardée – The Royal Ballet and Opera House

Based on a 1789 French ballet originally created by Jean Dauberval, Frederick Ashton’s final full-length ballet for The Royal Ballet…

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No Woman’s Land – Rose Theatre, Arts Centre, Edge Hill University

No Woman’s Land is a powerful and engaging one-woman performance from Ciara O’Neill that blends verbatim theatre and storytelling to…

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