Richard Bratby

Stand and deliver

Plus: an electrifying performance of Doctor Atomic at the Barbican – but the end needs rethinking

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    Leeds Town Hall, touring until 20 May

  • Doctor Atomic

    Barbican

Some opera-lovers prefer concert performances to full stagings. I don’t. It’s that whole Gesamtkunstwerk thing: opera needs to be seen as well as heard. There’ll always be circumstances in which concert performances are welcome — to rescue a neglected score, say, or if a symphony orchestra wants to stretch itself.

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