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Jenůfa opera review: Intense and brilliant Janáček at the ENO | Theatre | Entertainment

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Thanks to three outstanding performances, two onstage and one in the orchestra pit, this production of Jenůfa gloriously demonstrates the heights the ENO can reach as well as the magnificence of Janáček’s music. Let’s start with the music because the Czech composer Leos Janáček had a unique style, with the orchestra and the singers often seeming detached from each … Read more

ENB Giselle review: Mary Skeaping’s exquisite ballet is a classy blast from the past | Theatre | Entertainment

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Ballet always loves a devastating ‘girl done wrong’ story and Giselle set the template long before the Manons, Swan Lakes and Onegins to come. It also gave its tragic heroine agency, even in her devastation, that resonates just as powerfully today. It’s a mark of the remarkable range of this company that the ENB can … Read more