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La Boheme
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Royal Opera House
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Two tenors share the role of Rodolfo at the first night of the Royal Opera's revival of this perennial favourite.
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Der Rosenkavalier
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Royal Opera House
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Soile Isokoski stars as the Marschallin in the Royal Opera's latest revival of Der Rosenkavalier
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Messiah
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Coliseum
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Deborah Warner stages Handel's choral masterpiece for ENO in a pre-Christmas run.
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Falstaff
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Theatre Royal, Plymouth
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Glyndebourne on Tour perform Richard Jones' production of Verdi's swan-song, updated to the fifties.
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The Tsarina's Slippers
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Royal Opera House
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The Royal Opera stage Tchaikovsky's rarely seen opera The Tsarina's Slippers for the first time.
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Double Bill
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Coliseum
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Daniel Kramer directs a disturbing staging of Duke Bluebeard's Castle performed with The Rite of Spring.
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Artaxerxes
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Linbury Studio
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Thomas Arne's unjustly neglected opera Artaxerxes is revived in a bedazzling production at the Linbury Studio.
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L'assedio di Calais
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Guildhall
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama perform Donizetti's little-known opera.
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The Turn of the Screw
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Coliseum
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Sir Charles Mackerras returns to conduct Britten's opera for the first time in over 50 years with staggering results.
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Teseo
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Britten Theatre
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As part of their Handelfest, English Touring Opera presents Teseo at the Britten Theatre.
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Tolemeo
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Britten Theatre
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ETO's updating of Handel's opera causes punches to be thrown and a potty-mouthed outburst at the Britten Theatre.
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Jones' zany double bill
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Royal Opera House
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Richard Jones' madcap double bill of Ravel and Puccini returns to Covent Garden in rib-tickling form.
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Turandot
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Coliseum
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Rupert Goold shows he's clueless when it comes to opera with this dreadul staging of Puccini's masterpiece.
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The Truth about Love
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Linbury Studio
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The Jette Parker Young Artists present a show of songs in Covent Garden's Linbury Studio.
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Tristan und Isolde
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Royal Opera House
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The Royal Opera's new production of Wagner's music-drama directed by Cristof Loy.
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Carmen
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Royal Opera House
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Francesca Zambello's production is revived with Roberto Alagna and Elina Garanca.
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Le Grand Macabre
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Coliseum
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English National Opera's new production of Ligeti's surrealist work at the Coliseum.
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Rigoletto
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Coliseum
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ENO revives Jonathan Miller's mafia Rigoletto, with Anthony Michaels-Moore.
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Don Carlos
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Royal Opera House
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The Royal Opera revives Nicholas Hytner's production of Verdi's opera, with Jonas Kaufmann.
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Linda di Chamounix
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Royal Opera House
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Sir Mark Elder conducts this rare Donizetti opera at Covent Garden to launch the season.
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Tosca
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Royal Opera House
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Bryn Terfel and Angela Gheorghiu return to the roles of Scarpia and Tosca in the RO's revival.
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Un ballo in maschera
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Opera Holland Park
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Opera Holland Park's production of Verdi's opera, with Amanda Echalaz as Amelia.
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Katya Kabanova
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Opera Holland Park
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Anne Sophie Duprels stars as Janacek's doomed heroine for Opera Holland Park.
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Mozart to Massenet
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Royal Opera House
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The Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists present a showcase of operatic scenes.
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Tête à Tête
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Riverside Studios
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The third annual Opera Festival of new works at Hammersmith's Riverside Studios.
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For You
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Oxford Playhouse
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Michael Berkeley and Ian McEwan collaborate in Music Theatre Wales' touring production.
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Il barbiere di Sivigilia
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Royal Opera House
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Joyce di Donato gives a star performance, despite a first act injury in the RO's stunning revival.
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L'Amour de loin
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Coliseum
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Kajia Saarahio's 2000 opera gets its UK premiere from English National Opera at the Coliseum.
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Un ballo in maschera
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Royal Opera House
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Ramon Vargas gives his finest Covent Garden performance to date as Renato in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
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Prima Donna
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Manchester Festival
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Canadian songster Rufus Wainwright brings his first opera to the Manchester International Festival.
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La traviata
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Royal Opera House
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American soprano Renée Fleming returns to Covent Garden with a sensational portrayal of Verdi's courtesan.
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Mirandolina
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Garsington
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Martinu's 1959 comic opera, based on a play by Carlo Goldoni, receives its UK Premiere at Garsington.
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Birtwistle in Aldeburgh
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Aldeburgh
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Harrison Birtwistle's new double bill, The Corridor & Semper Dowland, semper dolens is premiered at the 62nd Aldeburgh Festival.
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Madam Butterfly
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Coliseum
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The late Anthony Minghella's production is revived by his wife Carolyn Choa at the Coliseum.
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Lulu
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ROH
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The Royal Opera's new production of Berg's masterpiece is salvaged by strong musical values.
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Tudor flurries
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Opera Holland Park
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Donizetti's Tudor opera gets a rare UK outing at Opera Holland Park, to inaugurate the season.
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Roma amor
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Grange Park
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Francesco Cavalli's 1668 opera Eliogabalo is given its UK premiere by Grange Park Opera.
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Hänsel und Gretel
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Opera Holland Park
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Opera Holland Park's new production of Hänsel und Gretel poses more questions than it answers.
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Marriage with Martinu/Rossini
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Guildhall
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Opera students of Guildhall School of Music and Drama shine in a delightful double-bill of one-acters.
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Così fan tutte
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ROH
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ENO opens a new production of Mozart's comedy, directed by film-maker Abbas Kiarostami.
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L'elisir d'amore
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ROH
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Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's comedy is revived at Covent Garden.
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Peter Grimes
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Coliseum
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David Alden's new production of Peter Grimes at ENO is nothing short of sensational.
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Lohengrin
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ROH
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Petra Lang thrills as Ortrud in the Royal Opera's latest revival of Wagner's opera.
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After Dido
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Young Vic
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Katie Mitchell gives Purcell's Dido and Aeneas a multi-media workover for ENO.
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Fiery Gypsies in Il trovatore
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ROH
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Top-class singing in the Royal Opera's latest revival diverts the attention from burning babies.
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Dido & Aeneas/Acis & Galatea
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ROH
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Sarah Connolly triumphs in her long-awaited Royal Opera House debut as Purcell's tragic Queen.
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Alessandro
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Britten Theatre
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Students of the Royal College of Music are conducted by Laurence Cummings in Handel's sparkling opera.
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Jenufa
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Coliseum
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Amanda Roocroft repeats her Olivier Award-winning performance as Janacek's desperate heroine at ENO.
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Doctor Atomic
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Coliseum
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ENO present the UK premiere of John Adams' opera about Oppenheimer and the birth of the atom bomb.
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Der fliegende Höllander
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Royal Opera House
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Bryn Terfel returns to the ROH as Wagner's Dutchman, with a sensational debut from German soprano Anja Kampe.
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I Capuleti e i Montecchi
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Royal Opera House
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Mezzo Elina Garanca and soprano Anna Netrebko star as Romeo and Juliet in Bellini's bel canto opera.
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La bohème
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Coliseum
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Director Jonathan Miller returns to English National Opera with a new production of Puccini's classic weepy.
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Fetch me a scalpel
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Sadler's Wells
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Opera North brings Skin Deep to the capital but it's more or less dead on arrival.
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Gershwin Galore
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Sadler's Wells
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Opera North visit Sadler's Wells with Of Thee I Sing and Let 'em Eat Cake.
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Benjamin/Birtwistle
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Linbury Studio
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Benjamin's Into the Little Hill and Birtwistle's Down by the Greenwood Side from The Opera Group.
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Rigoletto
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ROH
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David McVicar's production is revived at Covent Garden with Leo Nucci as the doomed court jester.
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Blow's Venus
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Wilton's Music Hall
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Transition Opera's delightful production of John Blow's Venus and Adonis, directed by Netia Jones.
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Die tote Stadt
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ROH
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The Royal Opera House presents the UK premiere of Erich Korngold's opera, 90 years after it was written.
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The Magic Flute
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Coliseum
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English National Opera revive Nicholas Hytner's production, with Roderick Williams as Papageno.
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The Beggar's Opera
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ROH
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The Royal Opera perform Britten's 1948 version of John Gay's ballad opera in the Linbury Studio.
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