Franco Fagioli & the Orchestra of the Royal Opera Versailles Tim Hochstrasser 15/06/2026I was fortunate to be able to hear these forces perform in Handel’s Ariodante last year with Franco Fagioli in...
A Life in Four Seasons Tim Hochstrasser 13/06/2026One of the marvels of dance, of whatever kind, is its aesthetic suppleness. It can tell stories, or embody symbolism...
La Clemenza di Tito Tim Hochstrasser 12/06/2026Back in March, during the London Handel Festival, I had the chance to hear Handel’s unfinished pasticcio focused on the...
Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria Tim Hochstrasser 11/06/2026Ahead of its residency at the Grimeborn Festival, Ensemble OrQuesta offers a couple of Academy production at the Cockpit Theatre...
Allegra Tim Hochstrasser 09/06/2026About twenty years ago I went to the Old Vic for a performance of Alladin where the big attraction was...
Celebrating Sinatra Tim Hochstrasser 08/06/2026John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London have become well-known for their immaculate performances of Hollywood Classics and excerpts from...
Don Carlo Tim Hochstrasser 08/06/2026Don Carlo exists in more versions than any other Verdi opera, an indication both of the trouble it caused him...
High Society Tim Hochstrasser 06/06/2026It is not uniformly the case that every play or film should or needs to be a musical, but when...
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival Tim Hochstrasser 26/05/2026“If you bake a cake, you don’t want to stuff your face with the whole lot, you want to share...
Purcell, The Musical Tim Hochstrasser 24/05/2026Barnes Green on a lovely Spring evening is a fine setting for an evening of Purcell. This week at the...
