Richard Bratby

Across Britain punters are lapping up ultra-trad opera – the Arts Council will be disgusted

Plus: the CBSO are playing with blinding energy and verve for their new music director

Elena Dee as Cio-Cio-San and Natalia Matvieieva as Suzuki in Ellen Kent's production of Madama Butterfly
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  • Ellen Kent: Madama Butterfly

    Warwick Arts Centre

  • CBSO/Jeremy Denk/Kazuki Yamada

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

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