Bernstein & Copland Third Symphonies Tim Hochstrasser 16/09/2025Third Symphonies are often major and transformative works – think Beethoven’s Eroica or Mahler’s Third, in which an established composer...
Park Theatre Double Bill Tim Hochstrasser 11/09/2025Both these plays, lasting an hour each, take quite dark subject matter in very different directions, the first finding humour,...
The Genesis Tim Hochstrasser 07/09/2025While it is quite common these days to encounter a standing ovation at the end of an evening in the...
Tristan and Isolde Tim Hochstrasser 16/08/2025After the success of the Jonathan Dove chamber arrangement of The Ring, and the recent widely praised production by Regent’s Park...
Top Hat Tim Hochstrasser 28/07/2025When we think of Top Hat the memories triggered are those of the RKO movie from 1935 and the effortless elegance...
That Bastard Puccini Tim Hochstrasser 19/07/2025James Inverne’s new play at Park 200 uses its title also as its first line – delivered by Puccini’s exasperated...
Testament Tim Hochstrasser 19/07/2025For the opening event at this year’s Grimeborn Festival, Green Opera have devised a typically inventive programme comprising Monteverdi’s Il...
Taj Mahal Tim Hochstrasser 15/07/2025It is surprising that no one has previously considered an opera on this richly dramatic period of Indian history. With...
Les Indes Galantes Tim Hochstrasser 07/07/2025Les Indes Galantes (The Amorous Indies) receives here its first fully-staged production in this country, which is a huge reason...
Simon Boccanegra – original 1857 version Tim Hochstrasser 01/07/2025Last year, just after this recording was made, I was fortunate enough to attend (and review on this site) a...
