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When an early 17th century play is turned into a late 19th century opera which is then given a setting in the 1940s, it sounds like a recipe for utter confusion, but Richard Jones’ production at Glyndebourne of Verdi’s Falstaff makes it all work to impressive comic effect. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed

Great music, infernal costumes, attention-grabbing design, this opera has everything except an intelligible plot. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed

Transplanting a tale of ancient Egypt to a modern-day military dictatorship is a difficult and rather dubious task, but Robert Carsen’s production of Aida gets away with it, showing that power, passion and patriotism have not changed much in four millennia. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed