Lazgi Tim Hochstrasser 16/09/2024‘Lazgi’ takes its name from a style of dance in Western Central Asia, which literally translates as ‘trembling’. It is...
Bitter Lemons Tim Hochstrasser 01/09/2024Bitter Lemons had great success at the Edinburgh Festival last year. It now comes to Park 90 with writer Lucy Hayes...
The Marriage of Figaro Tim Hochstrasser 30/08/2024Regulars at Grimeborn will be familiar with the superbly crafteed and dramatically original interventions by the Ensemble Orquesta Company in...
Myrninerest – the outside/inside life of Madge Gill Tim Hochstrasser 30/08/2024I confess that before this press night I had neither visited Gallion’s Reach, way beyond Canary Wharf, in the heart...
The Fabulist Tim Hochstrasser 21/08/2024Giovanni Paisiello is not a name remembered much now, but in the later eighteenth century his comic operas dominated stages...
Opera in Song 3 – Comedy and Cabaret Tim Hochstrasser 22/07/2024For the final instalment of Opera in Song we were taken on a journey through cabaret and comedy songs led by...
Opera in Song 2 Tim Hochstrasser 21/07/2024Song cycles come and go in popularity and fashion. One that has slipped from the schedules somewhat in recent years...
Opera in Song 1 – Legends and Ballads Tim Hochstrasser 19/07/2024Opera in Song has in the past few years become a staple and much appreciated feature of the summer season...
Island of Dreams Tim Hochstrasser 17/07/2024Anthony Bolton’s first opera on the death of Alexander Litvinenko made a powerful impression at Grange Park Opera a few...
The Trumpeter Tim Hochstrasser 17/07/2024One of my abiding memories of visiting Russia at the turn of the century is the small bands of musicians...
