Flights of Fancy – Mozart and Rossini Tim Hochstrasser 08/05/2024 896Every year the National Opera Studio teams up with Opera North to showcase the talents of their Young Artists. This...
The Other Boleyn Girl Tim Hochstrasser 29/04/2024 751Is there anything more to say about the court intrigues of the reign of Henry VIII? After the musical ‘Six’,...
Reviewer's Rating Simon Boccanegra (original 1857 version) Tim Hochstrasser 19/04/2024 2181Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is, one might think, familiar fare. However, we are used to hearing the version from 1881, which...
Reviewer's Rating Giselle: Remix Tim Hochstrasser 14/04/2024 768The Pleasance in London offers a delightfully welcoming and warm pub theatre experience in a part of town not otherwise...
Reviewer's Rating Coming Clean Tim Hochstrasser 04/04/2024 823This play was Kevin Elyot’s first on the London stage back in 1982. It demonstrates many of the hallmarks of...
Reviewer's Rating The Divine Mrs S Tim Hochstrasser 31/03/2024 873If you head into Room 34 of the National Gallery you will find yourself surrounded by some of the best...
BOOK REVIEW The Sleeping Beauties Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024 4609‘Sleeping Beauties’ is Lucy Ashe’s second novel, coming swiftly after ‘Clara & Olivia’, reviewed here last year. It explores similar...
Reviewer's Rating Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Tim Hochstrasser 23/03/2024 790When you hear some of the more exotic instruments of the orchestra tuning up and practising motifs in the pit,...
Reviewer's Rating The Barber of Seville Tim Hochstrasser 22/03/2024 827With such a familiar opera as ‘The Barber of Seville’ a lot depends on the particular take of the director....
Reviewer's Rating Uncle Vanya Tim Hochstrasser 18/03/2024 910After Andrew Scott’s recent, virtuosic solo-take on this play, it is actually something of a relief to see a samovar...
