Gus Christie in conversation with Shadi Seifouri Shadi Seifouri 17/09/2021 Since 1934, Glyndebourne has established itself as one of the world’s most sought after sites for opera; and for good reason, too. Tucked away in the ...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Violetta and Tatyana Shadi Seifouri 29/07/2021 Making a formidable return to music-making, Opera Holland Park’s latest recital series was a tonic for concert-goers. “Opera in Song”, a collaborative...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Opera in Song: The Marriage of Figaro Shadi Seifouri 28/07/2021 Bringing the much revered “Opera in Song” series to a close was Holland Park’s homage to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. In this final recital, sopra...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ La Bohème Shadi Seifouri 28/06/2021 Richard Jones’s production of La bohème has become the poster child of London’s Covent Garden. Studded with festive tropes of Parisian fantasy: fallin...
Orphée Shadi Seifouri 17/11/2019 ‘Mirrors are the doors by which Death comes and goes’. A neat and profoundly stark metaphor on the ephemeral human condition, Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (...
Don Pasquale Shadi Seifouri 15/10/2019 Teetering between cruelty and comedy, director Damiano Michieletto brings a new production of Don Pasquale to the ROH, after its successful runs in Pa...
Il Segreto di Susanna & Iolanta — Double Bill Shadi Seifouri 26/07/2019 Giving voice to two overlooked operas in this double-billed programme, Opera Holland Park’s 2019 summer season is in its penultimate production. Erman...
War and Peace Shadi Seifouri 25/07/2019 Celebrated as one of the greatest contributions to the literary canon, Prokofiev’s lauded adaptation of Tolstoy’s 1869 novel War and Peace, makes its ...
L’arlesiana Shadi Seifouri 22/07/2019 Prior to the success of Adriana Lecouverer, Francesco Cilea’s often neglected opera, L’arlesiana, embodies the emotional complexities of domestic and ...
The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) Shadi Seifouri 30/06/2019 Regarded as the first of many successful collaborations between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, Le Nozze di Figaro is an opera buffa...
