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...
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...
