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Mastersingers of Nuremberg, ENO, review: ‘a triumph’

Edward Gardner’s conducting was so good he should be knighted forthwith, insists Michael Tanner

14 February 2015

9:00 AM

14 February 2015

9:00 AM

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

ENO, in rep until 10 March

Der fliegende Holländer

Royal Opera, in rep until 24 February

ENO’s new production of Wagner’s The Mastersingers of Nuremberg is a triumph about which only the most niggling of reservations can be set. Every aspect — orchestral, vocal, production — works in harmony to effect one of the richest, most intensely absorbing, energising and delightful afternoons and evenings I have ever spent in the theatre.

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