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...
Trial by Jury & A Matter of Misconduct Tim Hochstrasser 29/06/2025This is a truly delightful double-bill, with both one-act dramas, old and new, providing just the jaunty pep and satirical...
Lucia and Enrico – what happened? Tim Hochstrasser 24/06/2025One of the defining features of Opera in Song at Holland Park is imaginative programming, and this second recital for...
Rodelinda Tim Hochstrasser 23/06/2025Handel’s Rodelinda (1725) was written at the apogee of his operatic career, when Italian opera seria and Handel’s own contributions...
Die Fledermaus Tim Hochstrasser 23/06/2025I always think of this operetta as a show for the end of the year. The action is set on...
Mazeppa Tim Hochstrasser 19/06/2025It is truly surprising that Mazeppa (1884) is not better known. It is work of Tchaikovsky’s maturity and full of...
Anna Karenina Tim Hochstrasser 19/06/2025Adapting a novel of the size and range of Anna Karenina is an impossible task. You have to omit scenes...
Saul Tim Hochstrasser 11/06/2025As a veteran browser of second-hand bookshops, I grew used to seeing piles of faded old Novello vocal scores of...
Fiddler on the Roof Tim Hochstrasser 06/06/2025The greatest musicals, like the greatest operas, contain worlds within them that can be tapped and taken in many different...
