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Musically enjoyable but visually prosaic staging, low on magic Review by Graham Rickson

Handel’s opera is full of glorious music but its improbable plot makes it difficult to stage; Tim Albery’s intelligent production only fitfully succeeds

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Before the autumn season commences, the company will present its eagerly anticipated production of A Little Night Music, which will run at Leeds Playhouse this summer, with dates to be revealed. There will also be a tour of Fidelio. The company will originally present Bizet's Carmen at Leeds Grand Theatre, conducted by Garry Walker and directed by Edward Dick. It will star Chrystal E Williams in the title role alongside Antoine Bélanger as Don José. There will also be a double-bill of Bernstein works played in one evening – a production of one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti as well as a ...

Last modified on Mon 22 Feb 2021 00.21 EST Though most closely associated with the works of Benjamin Britten, the conductor Steuart Bedford, who has died aged 81 after complications from Parkinson’s disease, was able to turn his professionalism and interpretative talents to great advantage in a range of other repertory too. The operas of Mozart elicited from him an authoritative response over a number of years at Garsington Opera while it was based in Oxfordshire. Having launched his professional career with The Beggar’s Opera at Sadler’s Wells theatre in 1967, he went on to conduct his...