The Queen of Spades; Der fliegende Holländer; Dutch Classical Music Meeting 2011 – review

Despite the best efforts of a great dame, Opera North's Queen of Spades fails to lift offHeralded as one of the most ambitious productions in the company's history, Opera North's The Queen of Spades opened last Thursday in a season full of high-stake gambles: a partnership with London's Barbican, challenging works by Bellini and Handel, a continuing journey through Wagner's Ring and, next spring, a new staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.Opera North has flair and steely artistic nerve....

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