James Holloway is a musician with various instruments to his name. He is predominantly a pianist (both solo and as accompanist), was the organ scholar at his old college, and has orchestral experience as a trumpeter. James has conducted choirs and orchestras and, as a keen lover of the genre, enjoys reviewing the London opera scene.
If I had to choose two words to describe this opera, they would be “unexpected”, and “powerful”. The libretto is faithful to Shakespeare’s original, w...
This is a minimalist staging of La Traviata which, on the whole, works rather well. There are a few idiosyncrasies to detract from the overall effect,...
This was simply an outstanding production, which makes reviewing it terribly hard. One can either attempt to nit-pick (which seems mean) or rather tir...
