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Laurent Pelly's joyous staging of Donizetti's opera returns in a star-making revival

UK talent looms large as the IOA surveys the world

A taste of summer magic from France to close a vintage season

Grigolo and Terfel headline a classy revival of this Covent Garden favourite

British soprano Lucy Crowe is one of opera's brightest stars. We caught up with her as she prepares to sing Adina with The Royal Opera

Next year's festival will offer an imaginative mix of revivals and new productions

Donizetti's comic confection returns to Covent Garden with an unexpected guest star

Massenet's sumptuously romantic epic of doomed love returns to Covent Garden

In Donizetti’s popular rom-com L’elisir d’amore everyone ends up taking leave of their senses. Laurent Pelly’s superb production invites us to do the same – its delicious frivolity is true to the spirit of the piece – but at the same time manages to bring its implausible plot towards something approaching credibility.