In Search of Youkali… Tim Hochstrasser 11/01/2026We think we know the milieu of Kurt Weill – whether the sardonic, witty, cynical and sometimes sentimental world of...
Marcio da Silva on Cosi fan Tutte at the Cockpit Theatre Tim Hochstrasser 09/01/2026One of the lessons you quickly learn as a reviewer is that often some of very best original work in...
When We Are Married Tim Hochstrasser 20/12/2025This well-known play is nothing if not a ‘period piece.’ It specificity is as fixed and immovable as the groaning...
Indian Ink Tim Hochstrasser 18/12/2025If The Coast of Utopia is an opera cycle, and Arcadia a symphony with complex counterpoint, then Indian Ink is a...
Ariodante Tim Hochstrasser 13/12/2025Without Tunbridge Wells, there would be no Ariodante. Depleted by financial worries and the intrigues of his rivals, Handel snuck...
Daniel’s Husband Tim Hochstrasser 10/12/2025This production is nothing if not stylish. As you wait for the play to commence, you have to admire the...
La Rondine (final 1921 version) Tim Hochstrasser 07/12/2025Puccini’s La Rondine (The Swallow) exists in three versions, with the final one the least well known, thanks to the...
Strings of Brilliance: Pavel Šporcl and the ECO Ensemble Tim Hochstrasser 02/12/2025Holy Sepulchre Church is the National Musicians’ Church, and therefore a very appropriate venue for the final event in the...
David Copperfield Tim Hochstrasser 27/11/2025I confess I often approach Christmas theatre in London with a touch of dread, as a reviewer who is mostly...
Handel’s Chandos Anthems Tim Hochstrasser 22/11/2025When I first started attending opera Handel was a rarity, still unfairly weighed down by the fusty, mothballed performance tradition...
